Use of the Golden Ratio in Our World Essay -- divine proportion, Fibon

da Vinci of Pisa, better known as Fibonacci, was born in Pisa, Italy, about 1175 AD. He was known as the greatest mathematician of the middle ages. Completed in 1202, Fibonacci wrote a book titled Liber abaci on how to do arithmetic in the ten-fold system. Although it was Fibonacci himself that discovered the sequence of meter, it was French mathematician, Edouard Lucas who gave the actual name of Fibonacci poesy to the serial publication of numbers that was first mentioned by Fibonacci in his book. Since this discovery, it has been shown that Fibonacci numbers can be seen in a variety of things today. He began the sequence with 0,1, and then figure each successive number from the sum of the previous two. This sequence of numbers is called the Fibonacci Sequence. The Fibonacci numbers are interesting in that they occur throughout some(prenominal) nature and art. Especially of interest is what occurs when we look at the ratios of successive numbers. The Fibonacci numbers p lay a significant role in nature and in art and architecture. When you construct a set of rectangles using the seque...