I developed the idea for this novel over three years, from reading that went back a lot further. When I was writing the book, I gathered information from a variety of sources. Some of the reading came from the mystical traditions of several religions, while others came from books and the internet.

 

I would like to particularly acknowledge the following sources:

Dr Quantum Presents: A User’s Guide to the Universe by Fred Alan Wolf (audiobook, 2005, Colorado: Sounds True)  

Thinking in Numbers: On Life, Love, Meaning, and Math by Daniel Tammet (2012, London: Hodder and Stoughton)  

Wonders of Numbers: Adventures in Mathematics, Mind, and Meaning by Clifford Pickover (2001, New York: Oxford University Press)  

The Pan Dictionary of Mathematics (1990, London: Pan)

New Zealand Sailing Guide; New Zealand Boatmasters’ Course; Aoraki Polytechnic Certificate in Woodturning course notes

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Wikipedia.org (accessed February 13, 2014), with special acknowledgement for the following chapter openings:

and my husband Terry who is at home in the world of math and physics.