Learn about the origins of the Fibonacci sequence, its relationship with the golden ratio and common misconceptions about its significance in nature and architecture.

The Fibonacci sequence, commonly attributed to medieval Italian mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci (c. 1170-1250), has a rich history spanning multiple civilizations and millennia.

More than that, this sequence of numbers can be found in several species of nature - from the snail to the sunflower, in its most classic examples - and it is also present in the human body as ...