Where can I buy a Fibonacci Gauge??

[Steve Schoene]

Maybe they should interview a PhD who isn't from an Economics institute. I have my doubt that he has much mathematical education. Chris

Economics is a pretty mathematical discipline, so I did a quick google on Dr. Casti. He has his Ph.D. in mathematics from USC. Check out his biography. http://www.anova.org/bio/casti.html

[Glenn Clabo]

How about his pubs...this is one interesting dude.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/se...n%20L.%20Casti

[Chris Kennedy]

I stand both corrected and chastened. Serves me right for not doing a literature search before opening my mouth.

I looked him up on MathSciNet, and he has an impressive number of publications (97). Mostly in more applied areas of mathematics, but I assume he has seen Binet's formula which relates \phi and the Fibonacci numbers explicitly

Honestly, though, I am still puzzled by his comment about it being "mysterious." Admittedly when you first see the Fibonacci sequence in nature, it seems really strange, especially when you see it in disparate places. On the other hand, once you realize its connection to \phi and self-similarity, it's pretty clear why it should happen. And the math underlying it really isn't hard. We teach this in one of our freshman "Math for Liberal Arts" courses.

Maybe it just doesn't make for interesting YouTube. I don't know.

A chastened and humbled,

Chris

[mike roe]

That proportion is deemed mysterious not because of how it works but because where you find it. check this out - http://goldennumber.net/life.htm

[Ted Jay]

Hello all,

Being an up and coming custom furniture builder, I've become increasingly impressed with the use of the Fibonacci Gauge. Since I don't have the time to build one, can anyone tell me where I might buy a good one??

Thanks in advance!

It's kinda pricey, but you can buy one from across the pond, stainless steel to boot.

http://www.goldenmeangauge.co.uk/trolleyed/2/index.htm

http://naturalpigments.com/detail.as...T_ID=655-GMSTD


Ted

[Andy Richards]

You guys seen the movie "Pi", by Darren Aronofsky? It's about a guy going crazy looking for a number like this.

[Larry James]

You guys seen the movie "Pi", by Darren Aronofsky? It's about a guy going crazy looking for a number like this.

No, but I think the movie "A Beautiful Mind" had a similar theme.

Larry