TITLE: Looking for a book similar to "Think of a Number"
QUESTION [6 upvotes]: Many years ago, I had read a book entitled "Think of a Number" by Malcolm E. Lines, and it was an eminently readable and thought provoking book. In the book, there were topics like Fibonacci numbers (along with the live examples from the nature) and Golden Section. Now I'm looking for a similar book. Can anyone recommend me one?

REPLY [2 votes]: Another more general pop math book covering mathematical curiosities is Coincidences, Chaos, and All that Math Jazz. It is at the level you're talking about. A more focused book on the golden ratio is that by Mario Livio. One nice feature of this second book is that he does a nice job of pointing out places where people believe in coincidences that aren't really there. He stays nicely objective, where many others fail to.