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 June 3rd, 2014, 03:58 AM #1 Member     Joined: May 2014 From: India Posts: 87 Thanks: 5 Math Focus: Abstract maths! Maths in nature. God or nature whichever one believes in is the greatest mathematician. I have even heard that God wrote this universe in Math. Use this thread to share pages of Math stolen from nature. I know about some: â€¢golden section in sunflower. â€¢fibonacci spiral in shells of molluscs. â€¢elliptic movement of planets. ...etc. Have a happy time posting!!!!
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 Originally Posted by Rishabh I have even heard that God wrote this universe in Math.
Tegmark's thesis?

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 Originally Posted by Rishabh golden section in sunflower
Vi Hart has a really good piece on this. See especially the third video, which shows what really happens in the plants -- and why you don't always get $\varphi$.

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 Originally Posted by Rishabh elliptic movement of planets
A 'simple' consequence of Newton's universal gravitation (though discovered previously).

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