Light reading for high brows

I'd like to recommend a bit of summer reading from the good people at
the Princeton U Press, entitled 'Mathematics in Nature.'

Written by John A. Adams, Professor of Mathematics at Old Dominion U,
this handsome book offers a wealth of insight on topics drawn from all
over the natural/mathematical world, including, among many others:
cells and sand grains, vision and hearing, sun & moon, wind & waves,
webs & films, foam & flowers, pi & tau, Fibonacci & Bessel, and
Bernoulli & Reynolds.

I've only just cracked the book open, but it won me over right away
with its companionable voice and evident breadth of learning. A bright
high school student could follow the exposition with no trouble,
whereas it affords the older student and interested layman an
informative walk through a thoroughly fascinating park.

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