Have you ever heard of the Fibonacci sequence? Or the Golden Ratio? Or the Golden Spiral? These mysterious numbers and shapes are all connected to each other. If you look closely, they can be ...
The answer, it turns out, is 144 — and the formula used to get to that answer is what's now known as the Fibonacci sequence. "Liber Abaci" first introduced the sequence to the Western world.
Converting between units is often something you have to do on the fly, and it is made easier when you memorise some rough equivalents. For instance, an imperial pint is 568 millilitres, but I ...