 Home | The Story of Me | My Travels | Links | Wisdom Topics: Home | Accupuncture | Buddhism | Catch-22 | Cogito Ergo Sum | Edgar Allen Poe | Fibonacci Series | The Holy Grail | Stonehenge | U.S. Presidents Fibonacci Series In the 12th century, Leonardo Fibonacci discovered a simple numerical series that is the foundation for an incredible mathematical relationship behind phi. Starting with 0 and 1, each new number in the series is simply the sum of the two before it. 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, . . . The ratio of each successive pair of numbers in the series approximates phi (1.618. . .) , as 5 divided by 3 is 1.666..., and 8 divided by 5 is 1.60. Courtesy of Phi: The Golden Number and Divine Proportion. |