Math Encounters -- Fibonacci & the Golden Ratio Exposed -- Keith Devlin (Presentation & Workshop)

The golden ratio is a fascinating number, but how much of what you read (or believe) is true—and what are the common myths? Join us as Stanford mathematician, award-winning author, and NPR "Math Guy" Keith Devlin examines the evidence and separates fact from fiction.

Devlin received a special introduction from Jim Simons, founder of Renaissance Technologies and winner of the Veblen Prize in Geometry.

Math Encounters is a public presentation series celebrating the spectacular world of mathematics and presented by the Simons Foundation and the Museum of Mathematics. For further information, call the Museum of Mathematics at (212) 542-0566 or e-mail mathencounters@momath.org.

Video created by Peter Barton.

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[77GSlinger]

all of this has already been said in 12 mins and 56 secs and actually much more interesting stuff as well:

watch?v=A5TUtMIxORA

This is why academia sucks, academics are so slow and boring and well so basically full of themselves. Yawn zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

I hope these poor suckers did not pay any hard earned money to get bored to death by this painfully slow lecture!

[1966Noodles]

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