Time for some simple mathematics that span across the scientific world. This week, we’re exploring just some examples of the “golden ratio”. * Enough of getting bogged down in the numbers, here’s ...

If you don’t know what Fibonacci day is then go now and have a look at the calendar, write today’s date in the Month/Day format (11/23), you’ll notice a pattern, the first four digits of the famous ...

“Do you see the pattern? Each number in the series after the first two numbers is the sum of the preceding two numbers.” That’s how I began my last column focusing on the Fibonacci sequence, which ...

Are there patterns in nature? There are likely many, as successful patterns tend to be repeated. However, there is one pattern that is very recognizable and is found in a variety of organisms and even ...

The stable or robust transfer of matter, information, or energy, from one point in space to another is a crucial scientific and technological challenge. In 1983, Nobel laureate D. J. Thouless proposed ...

The outer reaches of math are home to a slew of mystic numbers, but few share the ethereal weightiness of the Golden Ratio, an object of scientific and artistic fascination throughout the ages.

What we today call the golden mean was known in antiquity. It is a specific ratio of lengths between two line segments. Ancient architects often used this ratio to achieve visually pleasing esthetic ...