Literature
- The Fibonacci sequence plays a small part in the bestselling novel and film The Da Vinci Code.
- In Philip K. Dick's novel VALIS, the Fibonacci sequence (as well as the Fibonacci constant) are used as identification signs by an organization called the "Friends of God".
- In the collection of poetry alfabet by the Danish poet Inger Christensen, the Fibonacci sequence is used to define the number of lines in each poem.
- It was briefly included (and recognized by Charles Wallace Murry) in the television film adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time.
- The Fibonacci sequence is frequently referenced in the 2001 book The Perfect Spiral by Jason S. Hornsby.
- A youthful Fibonacci is one of the main characters in the novel Crusade in Jeans (1973). He was left out of the 2006 movie version, however.
- The Fibonacci sequence and golden ratio are briefly described in John Fowles's 1985 novel A Maggot
- The Fibonacci sequence is explored in Emily Gravett's 2009 book The Rabbit Problem
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