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 Is Everywhere—Even the Troubled Stock Market The curious set of numbers shows up in nature and also in human activities.

As people solved the problem in Leonardo’s book, they began to notice that this frivolous sequence of numbers occurred so frequently in nature that not even the bungling French police captain Bezu ...

His studies into how they branch in very specific ways lead him to a central guiding formula, the Fibonacci sequence.