Fibonacci Garden: Mathematics in the Plant World

[San Francisco]: Michael S. Schneider, 2014. Only issue. 1 DVD (250 min.): sound, color; 4 3/4 in. In original shrinkwrapperd case. New; sealed in original shrinkwrap. . DVD.

Uncommon. Out of Print. "Along with nature's alphabet of simple shapes like circles, triangles, pentagons and spirals, we find the structure and growth of plants can be understood through a knowledge of the Fibonacci Sequence and its cousin the Golden Mean ratio, numbers that grow the same way that plants do by building upon themselves in balanced, cyclical self-referential rhythms. This DVD traverses the history of the Fibonacci Sequence from ancient India to modern times, and then provides a strong foundation in its mathematics, even for beginners, through basic number theory and educational puzzles. Ideas include simple arithmetic, fractions, decimals, algebra and geometry."— Publisher. // Contents: Introduction. History. Beginnings. India. Numerals. Leonardo of Pisa. Rabbit puzzle. Botany. Modern. Mathematics. Fibonacci growth. Science. Pascal's triangle. Fibonacci puzzles. Number theory. Fibonacci branching. Golden Ratio. Plant world. Vegetation. Simple Fibonacci forms. Spirals. Crossing spirals. Crossing Fibonacci numbers. Leaf cycles. Making models. Leaves. Golden angle. Conclusion. Bibliography. // Mathematics, Nature.