The optical rotatum's logarithmic spiral follows a pattern found often in nature, including nautilus shells. Credit: Capasso Lab / Harvard SEAS The optical rotatum's logarithmic spiral follows a ...

The structure of the gastropod shell forms a logarithmic spiral first described by Descartes and later by Bernoulli. Good ol’ Jakob called it the “marvelous sprial” or the Spira mirabilis. Those who ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is Norman Albree's pilot model ...

A logarithmic spiral with a diameter of 500 μm, approximately half the diameter of a sewing needle. Curiosity about a mistake that left tiny dots on a germanium wafer with evaporated metal films led ...

Beams of light polarized into spirals have been used by scientists in the UK to create intricate patterns on the surface of metals. This is the first time that these “logarithmic spirals” have been ...

Gael Mariani and Martin Scott perpetuate a series of myths in their letter about Fibonacci numbers in nature (3 September, p 19). It is true that the Fibonacci numbers are associated with a particular ...

I AM much obliged to Mr. Wright for his correction (NATURE, July 8, p. 40). I had made a search in English and Continental books on curves and concluded that this spiral had been overlooked as a curve ...