Sp25T Is There Hidden Math in Plants? (Hybrid/In-Person)

In-Person | Available (Membership Required)

4/15/2025-5/6/2025
11:15 AM-12:45 PM EDT on Tue
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Sp25T Is There Hidden Math in Plants? (Hybrid/In-Person)

In-Person | Available (Membership Required)

[NEW COURSE] Plants and other living things have fascinated people for millennia, mostly observationally, and for the last 200 - 300 years also scientifically. In this course we will observe and discuss the fascinating symmetries hidden in nature (pinecones, sunflowers, etc.). Many of these observations can be explained by the Fibonacci series. We will discuss historical, mathematical, and physical insights into these plant properties which requires only casual knowledge of mathematics or physics. Some of the same ideas also translate into the animal kingdom – including us. Audio/Visual, Lecture

  • *This registration item is HYBRID/IN-PERSON, which means that you can attend either in-person or via Zoom.*

Wolf Seka

Wolf Seka is a native of Austria with a Ph.D. in physics (UT Austin, 1965). He worked in various laser-related fields in several countries (now retired after 41 years at the UR Laser Lab).