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But from now on i am going to say that it is because they are both fibonacci numbers, and if a number is divisible by 3 its digits add up to 3, and that the square. Jampacked with stuff to draw, decode, deduce, descramble, dewrite and decipher, numbers have never been so cool. Adam is the ambassador for many charities including redkite and in 2014 was appointed university of sydneys ambassador for maths and science. For close to 20 years adam spencer has been entertaining us.
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