 Hi everybody, welcome. Are we having fun yet? No, make some noise. We can feel some love up here. So we started this tradition at this gala a couple of years ago and I would start it off with a song. So how many of you have been here the last few years? Raise your hand, let me see it. Okay, do you remember the Fed two years ago? We got Glenn Whitney to wear a cape. Hi tonight. It's 3.14159. Anyway, that was two years ago now. So it went over pretty well. In fact, somebody's told me that song is still stuck in their head whenever they hear a village hall. So last year we had Nate Silver on Election Eve, which is fantastic. And Cindy once again called me and said, you know, I need a song for Nate Silver. So he did. Last two years is your first time. It's the first time you get to hear us do this. We have a different challenge this year because this year it's the Fibonacci Fifth. We're honoring the Italian mathematician Fibonacci. So I thought, okay, I need a song for Fibonacci. Fibonacci four syllables. Fibonacci. I'm thinking about my repertoire. There's songs I know that are like Fibonacci and I immediately think of the Eagles. There's Desperado. Why don't you come to your senses? I'm thinking maybe I could do that for Fibonacci. Fibonacci. These are Roman numerals of no making senses. But I abandoned that idea. Thank you. And instead, I wanted to go with something more modern. One, two, three, five, eight, 13, 21. We are hosts. He's no schlub. Scott, please forgive him if he likes the cubs. And there is the math guy from NPR. His British accent makes him seem so smart. On the air he's Scott's partner. He's Devlin, has written over 30 tones. Finds the math in Game of Thrones. He's a modern-day Martin Gardner. And he's just written a book about his book. About Fibonacci. The book by Fibonacci. About Arabic and Indian numbers. Because Roman numerals are such a bummer. Fibonacci. A man from the land of Bachi. Took math and made it pragmatic. Even used it for counting rabbits. X plus C, minus L, M's, M, M, V. Math with Roman numerals is not so easy. Enough to make Jim Simon's queasy. Imagine doing math with no zeros or decimal places. Like a year up in the Middle Ages. John Overdeck would go crazy. P-C-T-O, P-C-T-O, in Spanish it means small steps. P-C-T-O, P-C-T-O, listen as I call it. Here we are at the Fibonacci Fair. Hey everybody, oh we haven't fun yet. P-C-T-O, P-C-T-O, in Spanish it means small steps. P-C-T-O, P-C-T-O, open up your wallets. Cause we're gonna raise a whole bunch of cash. For underprivileged kids to learn about math. X plus V times L, minus M, M, C. Math with Roman numerals is not so easy. Enough to make Jim Simon's queasy. Imagine doing math with no zeros or decimal places. Like a year up in the Middle Ages. John Overdeck would go crazy. P-C-T-O, P-C-T-O, in Spanish it means small steps. So much beauty from a simple property. Why do art and nature love to copy? And I forget the last line of this verse. Fibonacci, author of liver Apache. Cause no numerals are such a bummer. About Arabic and Indian numbers. P-C-T-O, P-C-T-O, in Spanish it means small steps. P-C-T-O, P-C-T-O, listen as I call it. Here we are at the Fibonacci Fair. Hey everybody, oh we haven't fun yet. P-C-T-O, P-C-T-O, in Spanish it means small steps. P-C-T-O, P-C-T-O, listen as I call it. We're gonna raise a whole bunch of cash for underprivileged kids to learn about math. I gotta thank these guys for helping me out. Sean Harkness on the guitar. David Silman on drums. Marcus Miller on the saxophone. Thanks guys, you've been a great audience on this. P-C-T-O, P-C-T-O, in Spanish it means small steps. P-C-T-O, P-C-T-O, open up your wallets. P-C-T-O, P-C-T-O, in Spanish it means small steps. P-C-T-O, P-C-T-O, open up your wallets. Hey, thank you. Well that is the intro for our text to pledge. So if I have motivated you, but put a smile on your face, made you laugh, or even made you want to do something that will prevent us from playing another song. Pull out your phones and there are some instructions for what to do next.