Math in Nature Part 4: Lucas and Fibonacci Numbers in Nature

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Part 4 explains Fibonacci numbers in greater detail but also introduces Lucas numbers and phi.  Relationships between Fibonacci and Lucas numbers, as well as Fibonacci number’s relation to phi is explained. Viewers are encouraged to look at different plants and see if the number of spirals or petals on these plants matches one of the numbers in the series, and they are encouraged to draw their plant spirals. 

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