Patterns are all around us in nature too: in the number of petals on flowers, in the shapes of a snowflake, the shape of fruit or seeds in a sunflower. Mathematics is the study of these patterns ...

SUBJECTS: Maths YEARS: 3–4, 5–6 Maths can be found in living things and natural structures. Explore mathematical patterns in nature, such as the tessellating hexagonal units of a honeycomb ...

Secondary resources > GCSE Maths > The Code Marcus du Sautoy calculates the mean and standard deviation of a catch of fish, and explores how many things in nature follow the normal distribution.

The largest ever research project into mathematical patterns in flowers proves a link between numbers and nature, Manchester scientists say.

The largest ever research project into mathematical patterns in flowers proves a link between numbers and nature, Manchester scientists say.

A 400 million-year-old fossil of a plant found in northern Scotland did not follow the spirals observed in the Fibonacci spirals ...

Trees depicted in the artwork of famous painters like Leonardo da Vinci and Piet Mondrian follow the math behind their branching pattern in nature, a new study says. This hidden math in some ...