20/11/2021
Ever heard of Leonardo Fibonacci?
He was an Italian mathematician, considered the most talented mathematician of the Middle Ages, most famous for presenting what is known today as the Fibonacci sequence, amongst many other contributions he gave to the world.
The Fibonacci sequence is a series of numbers in which the next number is calculated by the sum of the two previous numbers - 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, and so on, which also applies to the Golden Ratio.
The Fibonacci sequence and the Golden Ratio are closely interconnected. The ratio of consecutive Fibonacci numbers essentially follows the golden ratio, and can be found prevalent throughout nature, from the spiral shell of a snail to the form of a trillion galaxies - it is also known as the ‘divine proportion’ due to its almost eerily mystical properties.
Throughout history, this proportion has been considered aesthetically pleasing to artists and architects, including Salvador Dali and Le Corbusier and many constructions such as The Parthenon, the Pyramids at Giza, the Mona Lisa, Notre Dame, The Taj Mahal, and the UN Secretariat building, and even the Apple logo is said to incorporate it as well.