Math and Nature
Where can math be found in nature?
Galaxy spirals and seashell curves
What number doesn't have a Roman Numeral?
Zero
Scott Flansburg
What was calculus originally called?
Who is known as the father of mathematics?
Archimedes
What is the golden number in nature?
1.618
Where is 4 considered an unlucky number?
Asia
What is the fastest someone has counted to one billion?
Jeremy Harper in 89 days
The word calculus is Latin for
Pebbles
Who developed the three laws of motion?
Newton
What math theory explains the randomness of nature?
The Butterfly Effect
Where was the first recorded instance of math games being played?
South of the Sahara in Africa
Which Indian astronomer discovered zero in 600 AD?
Brahmagupta
What are the two major branches of calculus?
Differential calculus and integral calculus
Who is known for the x/y coordinate plane?
Rene Descartes
What number sequence is seen in nature and was discovered in 1202 AD?
The Fibonacci Sequence.
What was the first civilization to use dot patterns representing numbers?
The Chinese
How old was Isaac Newton when he developed integral calculus?
23
The foundation of calculus can be traced back to where?
Ancient Greece
Who was the father of math and music?
Pythagoras
Who introduced the Fibonacci Sequence?
Leonardo Pisano
What is our current numerical system based on?
Hindu-Arabic numerical system
When was googol first used?
1938
Isaac Newton and who are credited with working on Calculus?
Gottfried Leibniz
What German woman formulated theories to understand relativity?
Emmy Noether