![]() ![]() When he was bored his mind pondered the patterns he saw. ![]() ![]() ![]() Once when his teacher gave the class ten minutes to solve a math problem, he knew the answer in two seconds. Everyone else does.” He goes on to reveal that he acquired that nickname because he loved to think about numbers. Leonardo Fibonacci introduces himself this way: “You can call be blockhead. A good place to start is with today’s book! Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci Written by Joseph D’Agnese | Illustrated by John O’Brien To celebrate, learn more about this sequence and then observe patterns in nature. These precise compositions allow each leaf to get enough sunlight, make room for the correct number of petals, or squeeze in as many seeds as possible. This sequence is found again and again in nature in such arrangements as leaves on a flower stem, seeds in a sunflower, the tapering of a pinecone, the swirl of a seashell, and manys. First appearing in Indian mathematics and linked to the golden triangle and the golden ratio, the number pattern states that each consecutive number in the series is the sum of the two preceding numbers: 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34…. Today’s holiday is dedicated to the man-Leonardo of Pisa, today known as Fibonacci-who promoted awareness throughtout Europe of the number sequence that now bears his name. ![]()
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