See the hidden equations shaping snowflakes, sunflowers, shells, and storms.

Explore how mathematics helps explain the patterns, colors, and forms woven through the natural world. From symmetry in flowers and honeycombs to Fibonacci spirals, fractals, and the chaos behind weather and snowflakes, this series turns everyday wonders into deeper insight. Sign up to see nature with sharper eyes and a more curious mind.

Episode guide

2 episodes

1Nature's Mathematics: Episode 1

Wherever we find patterns and symmetry in nature, we also find that nature conforms to certain rules. Rules that combine elegance with efficiency. Rules that shape trees and river estuaries alike, and that continue to baffle scientists by their often unfathomable ubiquity.

12 min

2Nature's Mathematics: Episode 2

Mathematical formulas can be found in the arrangement of seeds on a sunflower, the structure of the spirals in the shells of certain marine animals, and the distribution of leaves around a plant stem. These formulas recur in nature from snowflakes to the stripes on a zebra.

12 min

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