(We're counting the number of spirals, not the number of seeds in every spiral.)
2006-07-16 20:39:25 · 3 answers · asked by AxelBoldt 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
the architects got this idea from nature in the first place ...
The Fibonacci series just happens to be how "nature" does things in spirals and the ratio (of successive numbers in the series) approaches what is called the "golden number"
2006-07-17 02:23:34 · answer #1 · answered by myrtguy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no answer- but we use the fibonacci series of numbers a lot in architecture and design for determining proportions; to obtain a naturally balanced aesthetic.
Hope someone answers this q?, would like to know!
2006-07-16 20:48:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is the point!
Fibonacci discovered this pattern in nature, he didn't know why, you cannot!! the point was that it was not so random anymore.
people thought it was only us, the humans, who could control, and make patterns, but it was in nature all along, and we were simply copying it, without knowing.
you cannot ask the question why, and expect an answer, it is not possible to know why, it is only possible to know that it is the case, and to realise that there is more to this world and our lives that meets the eye, so maybe we won't take things for granted.
I'm happy to know that these patterns exist, but I won't stay up wondering why, becasue who is going to answer that question? who could know?
2006-07-19 04:03:47 · answer #3 · answered by Neorini 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋