Math and the natural world

~1 min read · Lesson 6 of 6

Math and the natural world: explore these in-depth guides from this site, then continue the course.

In this lesson, explore

• The Golden Ratio Explained: Where to See 1.618 in Nature Every Day
• Nature’s Optimization Problems: How Living Systems Minimize Energy and Maximize Survival
• Nature’s Tiling Patterns: the Mathematics of Scales, Feathers, and Skins
• The Geometry of Spiderwebs: How Spiders Use Math to Build Their Traps
• The Mathematics of Honeybee Colonies: Swarm Intelligence in Nature
• Patterns in the Night Sky: Mathematical Structures in Stars and Galaxies

These are real, in-depth articles from this site — open any to go deeper, then come back to continue the course.