Wild Fibonacci: nature’s secret code revealed

Though most of us are unfamiliar with it, the numerical series called the Fibonacci sequence, is part of a code that can be found everywhere in nature. Count the petals on a flower or the peas in a pea pod. The numbers are all part of the Fibonacci sequence.

In Wild Fibonacci, readers will discover this mysterious code in a special shape called an equiangular spiral. Why so special? It mysteriously appears in the natural world: a sundial shell curves to fit the spiral. So does a parrot’s beak, a hawk’s talon, a ram’s horn, even our own human teeth!

Joy Hulme provides a clear and accessible introduction to the Fibonacci sequence and its presence in the animal world.