Comments on: Found Objects

By: Brickfoot

Brickfoot — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 22:27:09 +0000

I just want to add the appearance of the quadratic equation in a song by a favorite band of mine. they were a ska band from florida called skankin’ pickle. firmly showing that punk can be smart!

By: mark

mark — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 19:39:15 +0000

Is it, by chance, from “A Stitch in Time”?

By: David

David — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 18:11:13 +0000

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Thank you Mr. Bueller for not only reading Mark Haddon’s brilliant novel, but remembering the reproduction of the quadratic equation!

As for The Davinci Code, or any other work of fiction that reproduced the equation, we’d love to hear about it. Maybe there are more… do you have a page number?

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:50:15 +0000

I’m feeling kind of silly, but I could swear I just saw that equation a few months ago in the novel The Davinci Code. Not the golden ration, but something to do with the Fibonacci series, perhaps.

By: Bueller

Bueller — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:46:47 +0000

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Haddon?

By: DW

DW — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:44:41 +0000

Advanced Algebra for Dummies by I. M. Anherd.

By: Nilanjan Biswas

Nilanjan Biswas — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:13:51 +0000

‘The Roots’
By Alex Haley

By: John

John — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:34:29 +0000

Gravity’s Rainbow by Pynchon?

By: David

David — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:20:48 +0000

I haven’t read The Fractal Murders, but I’ll take your word for it, Daniel. Sounds like a good read, actually.

The novel I’m looking for actually reproduced the equation, just as I have in the post.

Anyone know the book? Anyone? Anyone? (Bueller?)

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:11:24 +0000

Quadratic formula
The Fractal Murders
Mark Cohen