Sunflowers. Classical architecture ... Once they learn about the Fibonacci sequence, says Brother Alfred, “people tend to find an esthetic satisfaction in it. They think that there’s some ...

The Fibonacci sequence even plays a role in the subtle spirals you can see in the seed head of a sunflower. This is because of something known as the Golden Ratio, the Golden Section or the Greek ...

A large sunflower might even have 89 spirals in one direction, and 144 in the other. Remarkably enough, all of these numbers fit the famous Fibonacci sequence — obtained by adding the two ...