The choice of This topic has gained in the form of Evolution and Biodiversity of the Master in Science Communication at the University of Cagliari, where they were extensive, with Professor Daniela Lera, some issues on mathematics and nature. should be observed that mathematics is the basis of all science, we find in the medical field, in engineering, architecture, finance, geography, natural world, literature and music.
In the animal world, mathematics is used to communicate, such as scout bees to foragers communicate direction and distance between the hive and deposit pollen. Also build hives in a hexagonal shape, begs the following question: if the bees know the geometry?
also because they use only the hexagonal shape?
Scholars do not know the answer, but one thing is certain the bees are able to tessellate the plane, that is, cover it with tile, so they do not overlap or gaps remain.
also because they use only the hexagonal shape?
Scholars do not know the answer, but one thing is certain the bees are able to tessellate the plane, that is, cover it with tile, so they do not overlap or gaps remain.
plane geometrical figures are only three deputies to the tessellation, it is the triangle equilateral, square and hexagon. In each corner of these figures must converge angles whose sum is around the corner. The inside surfaces of the hexagon, square and equilateral triangle measuring respectively 120 °, 90 ° and 60 °, with regard to the tiling with hexagons, each vertex converge in three corners for a total of 360 degrees. In fact, the bees have opted for the hexagon because they can make better use of space and work comfortably.
hexagonal architecture for its perfection has been studied by zoologists and mathematicians in this regard the scientist Rene Antoine de Reaumur proposed the hexagonal form as a measure of the metric system that is stated in the eighteenth century.
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