Rea Beth C.

Polancos 1 AB Psychology A 02-11-

2022

The Math Mystery: Math in Nature and Universe

(Video Review)

This video gives insight into mathematics, where it came from, and why it is useful in
explaining the physical world. I realized that Math, not English, is the universal
language. The rules and principles are just the same everywhere. Patterns and
symmetry are a mathematical phenomenon that can be found everywhere we look.
According to Christopher Golé, fibonacci numbers appear a lot on botany. When I saw
the diagram of the flowers, I saw the fibonacci pattern on the petals. The bottom of a
pine cone and a sunflower are also related to the Fibonacci pattern. The number of
spirals is a fibonacci number. The value of pi in 2013 is already in 12.1x10^12. I
assumed that pi can only be used to calculate the ratio of the circumference of a circle
and its diameter but in the experiment shown, pi can also be seen or used in probability
and that it can also be used even without circles. I was even more amazed by the next
example, in which pi can be found in the most unexpected places, such as a wave-like
length, where when you divide the length of the lake from beginning to end by the
distance, the answer is pi. What surprised me was the presence of math in music.
Playing music is one thing that I want to learn but I failed to so it is nice to know that
math, which I am not also good at can be found at another thing that I am not good at. I
believe that math is both invented and discovered. Some things are present even before
we are born. And they created something new using what they had discovered.

This video taught me that mathematics is more than just a subject. While it is not
always visible to our eyes, it is present everywhere. Even in things that we thought had
no math behind them. It is the foundation of everything in the universe, including us.
Math has become more appealing to me, and I am eager to share what I have learned
with my friends.
10 Things in Nature that contains Mathematics

1. The Sun-Moon Symmetry • The sun has a diameter of 1.4 million kilometers,
while his sister, the Moon, has a meagre diameter of 3,474 kilometers.
2. Peacocks • Male peacocks utilize their variety of adaptations to seduce sultry
peahens. These include bright colors, a large size, a symmetrical body shape
and repeated patterns in their feathers.
3. Starfish • Sea stars or starfish are invertebrates that typically have five or more
‘arms’. These radiate from an indistinct disk and form something known as
pentaradial symmetry.
4. Pinecones • Pinecones have seed pods that arrange in a spiral pattern. They
consist of a pair of spirals, each one twisting upwards in opposing directions. The
number of steps will almost always match a pair of consecutive Fibonacci
numbers. For example, a three–to–five cone meets at the back after three steps
along the left spiral and five steps along the right.
5. Honeycombs • For centuries, mankind has marveled at the incredible hexagonal
figures in honeycombs. Honeycombs are an example of wallpaper symmetry.
This is where a pattern is repeated until it covers a plane. Other examples
include mosaics and tiled floors.
6. Tree Branches • The Fibonacci sequence is so widespread in nature that it can
also be seen in the way tree branches form and split. The main trunk of a tree will
grow until it produces a branch, which creates two growth points. One of the new
stems will then branch into two, while the other lies dormant. This branching
pattern repeats for each of the new stems.
7. Faces • Humans possess bilateral symmetry, and research suggests a person’s
symmetry is of paramount importance when determining physical attraction.
Faces, both human and otherwise, are rife with examples of the Golden Ratio.
8. Milky-Way Galaxy • As well as having mirror symmetry, the Milky Way has
another amazing design. Like nautilus shells and sunflowers, each ‘arm’ of the
galaxy symbolizes a logarithmic spiral that begins at the galaxy’s center and
expands outwards. Trippy dippy.
9. Sunflowers • Bright, bold and beloved by bees, sunflowers boast radial
symmetry and a type of numerical symmetry known as the Fibonacci sequence,
which is a sequence where each number is determined by adding together the
two numbers that preceded it. For example: 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 24, 55, and so
forth.
10. Nautilus Shell • A nautilus is a cephalopod mollusk with a spiral shell and
numerous short tentacles around its mouth. Although more common in plants,
some animals, like the nautilus, showcase Fibonacci numbers. A nautilus shell is
grown in a Fibonacci spiral. The spiral occurs as the shell grows outwards and
tries to maintain its proportional shape.