Alternate Vision

"Number theory is the type of math that describes the swirl in the head of a sunflower and the curve of a chambered nautilus. Bhargava says it's also hidden in the rhythms of classical Indian music, which is both mathematical and improvisational" NPR

Also, check out the link to Bhargava's insights on how the number theory can be linked to poetry, visual art and the 'da vinci code.' The fibonnaci sequence, also known as Hemachandra numbers, turns up frequently in nature. In highschool, I remember being blown away by how the constant phi gives the most "efficient and scalable packing" for circular objects- petals, seeds etc. Bhargava is going one step further by studying how tabla science uses this sequence to determine the number of possible combinations of single and double length beats within a stanza. Genius is not the word. I need to put the book I am reading down now and pick up Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An inquiry into values. While trying to read up about all this, I discovered Sepia Mutiny; blog worth checking out.

NPR rocks my world.