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Fibonacci Leonardo , also called Leonardo of Pisa. ?1170--?1250, Italian mathematician: popularized the decimal system in Europe How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Fibonacci's flowers A biologist examined why the number of petals on a flower isn't always a Fibonacci number (sciencenews. The corridors at the Dominican Monastery of La Tourette, connecting the various monkish functions to the Chapel, were based upon the Fibonacci series, and laid out by Yannis Xenakis, the composer, then an architect working in Le Corbusier's office. It was around this time that Merz had "discovered" Fibonacci and was exploring ideas of proliferation and growth that seemed to explode notions of complete or ideal forms. |
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