Fibonacci numbers in popular culture

Last updated

The Fibonacci numbers are a sequence of integers, typically starting with 0, 1 and continuing 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ..., each new number being the sum of the previous two. The Fibonacci numbers, often presented in conjunction with the golden ratio, are a popular theme in culture. They have been mentioned in novels, films, television shows, and songs. The numbers have also been used in the creation of music, visual art, and architecture.

Contents

Architecture

Cinema

Comic strips

Human development

John Waskom postulated that stages of human development followed the Fibonacci sequence, and that the unfolding psychology of human life would ideally be a "living proof" of the Golden Mean. This theory was originally developed and published by Norman Rose in two articles. The first article, which laid out the general theory, was entitled "Design and Development of Wholeness: Waskom's Paradigm." [3] The second article laid out the applications and implications of the theory to the topic of moral development, and was entitled "Moral Development: The Experiential Perspective." [4]

Literature

Music

Roll Karti Jaise Barrel
Fibonacci Wala Spiral
[When you twerk, you roll as a barrel. As if tracing out a Fibonacci's Spiral.]

Now everybody hop on the one, the sounds of the two
It's the third eye vision, five side dimension
The 8th Light, is gonna shine bright tonight

Fibonacci intervals (counting in semitones) in Bartok's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, 3rd mov. (1937). Play Bartok - Sonata for two pianos and percussion, 3rd mov. fibonacci.png
Fibonacci intervals (counting in semitones) in Bartók's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, 3rd mov. (1937). Play

Television

Video games

Visual arts

Martina Schettina: Fibonaccis Dream, 2008, 40 x 40 cm Fibonaccis Traum.jpg
Martina Schettina: Fibonaccis Dream, 2008, 40 x 40 cm
Petra Paffenholz: Fibonacci Cubes, 2014, 10 cm to 6.8 m Diepholz Skulpturenpfad Fibonacci.JPG
Petra Paffenholz: Fibonacci Cubes, 2014, 10 cm to 6.8 m

References

  1. Smith, Peter (December 2007). Sustainability at the Cutting Edge, Second Edition: Emerging Technologies for low energy buildings. Elsevier. p. 151. ISBN   978-0-7506-8300-5.
  2. The Engineer, "Eden Project gets into flower power".
  3. The Educational Forum, 55, 3 (Spring 1991), 243-259 http://whizkidz.org/design/DevelopmentDesign.pdf)
  4. Journal of Moral Education, 21, 1 (Winter, 1992), 29-40 http://whizkidz.org/design/MoralDevelopment.pdf
  5. Di Carlo, Christopher (2001). "Interview with Maynard James Keenan". Archived from the original on 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2007-05-22.
  6. . An exposition of how the fibonacci sequence appears in Lateralus set to pictures from the Hubble telescope: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS7CZIJVxFY
  7. Norris, Chris (2001). "Hammer Of The Gods". Archived from the original on 2011-11-01. Retrieved 2007-04-25.
  8. Maconie, Robin (2005). Other Planets, 26 & 28. ISBN   0-8108-5356-6. Citing Lendvai (1972). "Einführung in die Formen- und Harmonienwelt Bartóks" (1953), Béla Bartók: Weg und Werk, p.105-49. Bence Szabolcsi, ed.
  9. 1 2 Smith, Peter F. The Dynamics of Delight: Architecture and Aesthetics (New York: Routledge, 2003) p. 83, ISBN   0-415-30010-X
  10. M. Sommacal, Fibonacci's Piranhas - 5th Movement, performed by Valeria Di Matteo
  11. M. Sommacal, Fibonacci's Piranhas - 5th Movement, performed by Taglieri Genitoni Duo, live recording, "Concerti e Colline", Nizza Monferrato, 31 January 2012
  12. M.G. Ortore, "Musica, Fisica e Matematica: intervista a Matteo Sommacal", Ticonzero, Article 61, April 2015, ISSN 2420-8442
  13. Weselmann, Thomas (2003) Musica incrostata. Poznan
  14. BT - Fibonacci Sequence on YouTube
  15. Fibonacci Numbers: Ken Nordine at Amazon.com.
  16. Ambrose, P. Elliott Sharp's Instrumental Vision The Morning News, October 4, 2005
  17. Romano, Will (2014). Prog Rock FAQ: All That's Left To Know About Rock's Most Progressive Music (e-book ed.). Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Backbeat Books. p. 315. ISBN   978-1-61713-587-3.
  18. Doctor Steel's Fibonacci Sequence on YouTube
  19. Detsl aka Le Truk - Fibonacci on YouTube
  20. "FIBONACCI CUBES". PETRA PAFFENHOLZ. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  21. "Obituary: Mario Merz". The Guardian. London. 2003-11-13. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
  22. "Fibonacci Accessories: Scarf". Archived from the original on 2007-12-22. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
  23. Ingmar Lehman: „Fibonacci-numbers in visual arts and literature" Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (German)(last called on November 7, 2009)
  24. 2009: Martina Schettina:Mathemagische Bilder - Bilder und Texte. Vernissage Verlag Brod Media, Wien 2009, ISBN   978-3-200-01743-6 (German)
  25. About the exhibition, interview on Radio Ö1 Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine (recalled at February 28, 2010)
  26. "Rear Window 2015". Marisa Ferreira. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  27. Friedman, Samantha (June 2009). "Patterning: Selections from the Kentler Flatfiles". Kentler International Drawing Space. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  28. Posamentier, Alfred S.; Lehmann, Ingmar (2010-12-30). The Fabulous Fibonacci Numbers. Prometheus Books. ISBN   978-1-61592-022-8.