Fibonacci

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Katie Derham delves into the surprising connections between classical music and and gardening, with guests who have a passion for both. In this episode, Katie Derham finds out more about the Fibonacci Sequence and why gardeners and musicians are drawn to a series of numbers. Marcus Du Sautoy is Professor of Mathematics and author of Blueprints: How Mathematics Shapes Creativity. He explains which composers have been drawn to the Fibonacci Sequence and how it appears in music, and how we can recognise the Golden Ratio. Dr Sarah Robinson studies biomechanics at the Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge University. She shows Katie her team's Silvert-Gilt medal winning garden at the Chelsea Flower Show, which was inspired by the Fibonacci Sequence, and explains the fascinating places that the number sequence appears in nature. Producer: Sofie Vilcins