Marcia Birken and Anne C. Coon have collaborated for over twenty years, exploring the connections between mathematics and literature in their research, writing, and team-teaching. The co-authors of numerous scholarly articles and book chapters, they are faculty members at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York. Birken is Professor Emeritus in the School of Mathematical Sciences, College of Science, and Coon is Sr. Associate Dean and Professor of English in the College of Liberal Arts.

• PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1 — Counting PatternsChapter 2 — Counting Patterns Take FormChapter 3 — Patterns of ShapeChapter 4 — Fractal PatternsChapter 5 — Patterns for the MindChapter 6 — ConclusionPermissions AcknowledgementsBibliographyIndex

Marcia Birken and Anne C. Coon have collaborated for over twenty years, exploring the connections between mathematics and literature in their research, writing, and team-teaching. The co-authors of numerous scholarly articles and book chapters, they are faculty members at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York. Birken is Professor Emeritus in the School of Mathematical Sciences, College of Science, and Coon is Sr. Associate Dean and Professor of English in the College of Liberal Arts.

• PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1 — Counting PatternsChapter 2 — Counting Patterns Take FormChapter 3 — Patterns of ShapeChapter 4 — Fractal PatternsChapter 5 — Patterns for the MindChapter 6 — ConclusionPermissions AcknowledgementsBibliographyIndex

Marcia Birken and Anne C. Coon have collaborated for over twenty years, exploring the connections between mathematics and literature in their research, writing, and team-teaching. The co-authors of numerous scholarly articles and book chapters, they are faculty members at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York. Birken is Professor Emeritus in the School of Mathematical Sciences, College of Science, and Coon is Sr. Associate Dean and Professor of English in the College of Liberal Arts.

• PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1 — Counting PatternsChapter 2 — Counting Patterns Take FormChapter 3 — Patterns of ShapeChapter 4 — Fractal PatternsChapter 5 — Patterns for the MindChapter 6 — ConclusionPermissions AcknowledgementsBibliographyIndex