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1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, who do we appreciate? Fibonacci, because it’s #FibonacciDay(11/23)
0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 144 233 377 610 987 1597 2584 4181 6765 10946 17711 28657 46368 75025 121393 196418 317811 514229 832040 1346269 2178309 3524578 5702887 922746 etc to infinity… ∞
You find this number sequence and associated golden ratio/spiral peppered throughout nature. But the sequence was perhaps first noticed around 200 BC in relation to patterns in poetry, by Pingala. It was developed in Indian mathematics and introduced to Europe in 1202 by Fibonacci - so really we should call it #PingalaDay.
Click here for a brilliant off-the-shelf Primary mathematics Masterclass on Fibonacci sequences from our #RiMasterclassesteam.
Use it to explore ways of spotting patterns and finding rules, by mathematically modelling a population of rabbits and finding that [spoiler alert] Fibonacci sequence springs up!
#FibonacciConfirmed
For more watch this clip from the #xmaslectures archive - Prof Ian Stewart explains how you can find the golden angle in nature, and how it’s formed
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Happy Valentine’s Day! We found some slightly creepy Victorian Valentines poems in the Tyndall collection. These weren’t serious love notes, but a running joke between John Tyndall and his friends ❤️
“Callous, cruel, clever Tyndall! Pause, lest for your sport you kindle“
To be fair, Tyndall is a tricky word to rhyme.
The words ‘sonorous’ and 'sensitive!!!!’ refer to Tyndall and William Barrett’s work on 'sensitive flames’: http://www.rigb.org/blog/2014/august/sensitive-flames?utm_source=tumblr&utm_medium=social
“In pretty strife
To start to life
My waking atoms stir
Their motions fine
To thee incline
My heart’s thermometer!”
From the Royal Institution Archival Collection.
