The Fibonacci Sequence Is Everywhere—Even the Troubled Stock Market The curious set of numbers shows up in nature and also in human activities.

The Fibonacci sequence is a set of steadily increasing numbers where each number is equal to the sum of the preceding two numbers.

But we promise, it’s not: “ [T]he Fibonacci-like patterns and ratios found in many biological organisms, including in plants, truly are related to the Fibonacci sequence,” confirmed ...

Learn about the origins of the Fibonacci sequence, its relationship with the golden ratio and common misconceptions about its significance in nature and architecture.