Its a Numberful World: How Math Is Hiding Everywherefrom the Crown of a Tree to the Sound of a Sine Wave

2021 Mathical Honor Book Why arent left-handers extinct? What makes a rainbow round? How is a pancreas . . . like a pendulum? Publishers note: Its a Numberful World was published in Australia under the title Woos Wonderful World of Maths. These may not look like math questions, but they arebecause they all have to do with patterns. And mathematics, at heart, is the study of patterns. That realization changed Eddie Woos lifeby turning the dry subject he dreaded in high school into a boundless quest for discovery. Now an award-winning math teacher, Woo sees patterns everywhere: in the branches of blood vessels and lightning, in the growth of a savings account and a sunflower, even in his morning cup of tea! Here are twenty-six bite-size chapters on the hidden mathematical marvels that encrypt our email, enchant our senses, and even keep us alivefrom the sine waves we hear as music to the mysterious golden ratio. This book will change your mind about what math can be. We are all born mathematiciansand Its a Numberful World. Two-color diagrams throughout | 42 B&W photographs