What do the nautilus seashell, the Great Pyramid, and The Mona Lisa have in common? They are all feature Phi otherwise known as The Golden Ratio. It is the number that links a pineapple, Leonardo da Vinci and the breeding patterns of rabbits. This film examines its extraordinary occurrence in nature and art.
How the Ethiopians used the same mathematical approach to multiplications as computers do these days by using powers of two and divisions
M C Escher fuses maths with art as he turns the principle of tessellation in to graphic art, later expanding into works that explore dimensions, infinity, and illogical physics, such as the Impossible Triangle.