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Garrett Eastman

The Secret of the Fibonacci Sequence in Trees - 13 views

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    A 13-yeard old naturalist shows how he applied the Fibonacci Sequence to patterns of tree branch growth. Evidently he wasn't done, by any means: http://inhabitat.com/13-year-old-makes-solar-power-breakthrough-by-harnessing-the-fibonacci-sequence/
Garrett Eastman

The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci's Arithmetic Revolution - 6 views

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    Forthcoming July 2011, available for pre-order. a biography of the 13th century Italian mathematician Leonardo of Pisa, better known as Fibonacci, who introduced the Hindu-Arabic system of numbers to the west. "Fibonacci's book Liber Abbaci (The Book of Calculation) was the first to recognize the power of the 10 numerals, and to aim them at the world of commerce."
Garrett Eastman

Sunflowers and Fibonacci - 2 views

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    "An interesting group participation project for the Manchester Science Fair: growing sunflowers" Includes video on Fibonacci sequences in nature with the example of sunflowers
Garrett Eastman

Here come the Math Girls - Casting Out Nines - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 9 views

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    Describes hugely popular Japanese novel just released in English as "the rigor of a mathematics text with the drama of teenage romance".
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