(Rochester Institute of Technology) What do Fibonacci Numbers, the Golden Ratio and poetry have in common? Patterns and analogies that help us to make new discoveries and comprehend the mysterious, say a mathematician and a poet who have searched their disciplines for points of similarity and areas of overlap for more than 25 years.
Marcia Birken and Anne Coon's unlikely partnership has resulted in a book written for a general audience, Patterns in Mathematics and Poetry.
golden ratio'Discovering Patterns in Mathematics and Poetry' invites readers...EurekAlert! - Mathematics and Statistics Wed, 04/23/2008 - 23:00
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