Fibonacci numbers in popular culture

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The Fibonacci numbers are a sequence of integers, 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.

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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

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

Television

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Golden ratio</span> Number, approximately 1.618

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