Fibonacci Day is November 23. Explore the Fibonacci Sequence and Leonardo Fibonacci in Science (Gale In Context). This resource can be found on GoWYLD.net under the Science & Technology subject area.
The Fibonacci sequence is a series of numbers in which each succeeding number (after the second) is the sum of the previous two. The most famous Fibonacci sequence is 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89…. This sequence expresses many naturally occurring relationships in the plant world.
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