There was a nice math story on NPR's Morning Edition last Monday Oct 18. The main point was about how math has aspects of beauty and creativity. Here is a link to a page where you can hear the story, and I've copied the text below. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4111253 At 28, Manjul Bhargava has already won a coveted full professorship at Princeton University. An expert in number theory, the study of the properties and relationships of numbers, Bhargava is also a master of the tabla, a small Indian hand drum used to create music with rhythmic, precise patterns. Number theory is the type of math that describes the swirl in the head of a sunflower and the curve of a chambered nautilus. Bhargava says it's also hidden in the rhythms of classical Indian music, which is both mathematical and improvisational. He sees close links between his two loves -- both create beauty and elegance by weaving together seemingly unconnected ideas. As part of a Morning Edition series exploring the intersection of art and science, NPR's Richard Harris reports on the beauty of mathematics, its ties to art -- and the man who straddles both worlds. Erik Neumann erikn@MyPhysicsLab.com