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God’s Fingerprint

“Fibonacci numbers are of interest to biologists and physicists because they are frequently observed in various natural objects and phenomena. The branching patterns in trees and leaves, for example, and the distribution of seeds in a raspberry are based on Fibonacci numbers.

A Sanskrit grammarian, Pingala, is credited with the first mention of the sequence of numbers, sometime between the fifth century B.C. and the second or third century A.D. Since Fibonacci introduced the series to Western civilization, it has had a high profile from time to time. Recently, in The Da Vinci Code , for example, the Fibonacci sequence is part of an important clue.”

In this episode of the Numberphile, Dr. Holly Krieger from Murray Edwards College at the University of Cambridge, outlines the mathematical sequences that under lay Fibonacci numbers.

And here, SerialBrain2 connects the dots, drawing upon the Fibonacci work in mathematics, physics and biology, to begin to show the intelligent design of galaxies and star systems, as well as some of the nefarious forces here on planet Earth that are intent to hold us back, to block our knowledge and to drive a wedge between mankind and our creator.

Math and the NSA Controversy

Edward Frenkel, professor of mathematics at the University of California-Berkeley, and Australian video journalist Brady Haran discuss exactly how the National Security Agency (NSA) hacked into our e-mails and social media, creating a worldwide surveillance scandal for the Obama Administration. Although the conversation gets a bit esoteric at times, Frenkel explains how the feds used modular, or clock, arithmetic, and equations with two variables to get their info in this edition of Numberphile.

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