Almost a thousand years ago, an Indian scholar called Hemachandra discovered a fascinating number sequence. A century later, the same sequence caught the attention of Italian mathematician Fibonacci, who wrote about it. The Fibonacci sequence, as it began to be called, was straightforward enough – what made it fascinating was that this particular set of numbers was repeated many, many times in nature – in flowers, seashells, eggs, seeds, stars… Find out more inside this book!
