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.