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THE TRUTH ABOUT: What is the fibonacci sequence - The Untold Story

A close-up of a purple, white and yellow flower whose petals follow the Fibonacci sequence.

The Fibonacci sequence is a famous mathematical sequence where each number is the sum of the two preceding ones. People claim there are many special properties about the numerical sequence, such as the fact that it is “nature’s secret code” for building perfect structures, like the Great Pyramid at Giza or the iconic seashell that likely graced the cover of your school mathematics textbook. But much of that is more myth than fact, and the true history of the series is a bit more down-to-earth.

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