• Question: How does maths work with nature?

    Asked by Catherine to Sreejita, Roz, Daniel, Amy on 9 Jan 2020.
    • Photo: Sreejita Ghosh

      Sreejita Ghosh answered on 9 Jan 2020:


      -Nature has fractals in it (Maths)
      -We are able to see and hear (so are other animals) because our eyes and ears and the interpretation centres in our brains are performing Fourier transform on the received light and audio signals (Maths)
      – There are some shapes in nature which are more space efficient than others – hexagonal cubicles in bee-hives (Geometry, Maths)
      Basically maths helps you see the underlying structure of things around us.

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