The Math and Physics behind

Murder Jacques Saunière, the curator of the Louvre, has been murdered He has left clues to help catch his killer His death leads to a series of events which leads to the discovery of the holy grail

Robert Langdon Highly respected and intelligent professor at Harvard University In Paris for a lecture about his works Called in to help with the murder investigation

Sophie Neveu A French National Police cryptographer Granddaughter of Jacques Saunière

13 – 3 – 2 – 21 – 1 – 1 – 8 – 5 O, Draconian devil! Oh, lame saint! “What the heck does this mean”

Da Vinci Langdon figures out that the words are a pair of anagrams for “Leonardo da Vinci” and “the Mona Lisa.” But the numbers puzzle him

Fibonacci The numbers are the first eight members of the Fibonacci sequence, written in a disorganized order Sophie recognizes the Fibonacci sequence

The Fibonacci Sequence A sequence of numbers in which each number equals the sum of the two preceding numbers 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144… In mathematical terms, the sequence Fn of Fibonacci numbers is defined by the equation Fn = Fn-1 + Fn-2

The Mona Lisa The two begin searching the museum for clues They first inspect the Mona Lisa The anagram found there leads them to Madonna of the Rocks

The Key They find a key behind Madonna of the Rocks

The Deposit Box There is an address inscribed on the key The address leads them to the Depository Bank of Zurich The key is used for a safety deposit box

The Sequence They have to enter a ten digit account number to access the box But which Fibonacci sequence should they choose…the scrambled one or the unscrambled one (P.S. the wrong number would shut the system down)

The Cryptex Sophie chooses the unscrambled sequence, and they gain access to the box They find a cryptex inside the box It had five alphabetical dials which had to be arranged in the correct sequence to spell out a 5-letter code word Do the math and that leads to about 11,881,376 possible combinations

The Knight There is a clue in the box that leads them to Westminster Abbey in England Their solution to the cryptex lay in the tomb of a knight whose funeral was attended by “A Pope” “A Pope” is short for Alexander Pope, and the knight buried there was Sir Isaac Newton

The Orb The answer to the cryptex was an orb that was somehow related to Isaac Newton The statues of planets in the solar system were present, but none of them were the answer The answer, instead, was the thing that lead to Newton's law of universal gravitation, an apple

A-P-P-L-E A-P-P-L-E opened the cryptex, and revealed the map to the holy grail

Where Are the Reviews? Oh no…some one bumped Mr. Hopkins on the head and stole all of his final reviews He manages to drag himself down to the nurse’s office, but she just sends him back to class He sees three people walking around outside his class (Mike Tyson, Ray Lewis, and an old lady) and realizes who took his reviews

The Clue Before he passes out, he manages to write something on the Smart Board with his cool new marker 8172 You are the sweetest thing in Calc, It’s true 22/7 is no were near as good as you

The Bank That clue, that must be referring to π You look behind the pi poster on the cabinet and find a key for a deposit box at metro bank You go there and ask to gain access to the box In order to do so, you have give them a pin number Remember the clue…8172

e 8172… 2718… 2.718… e! 2718 is the pin You open the box and read the slip that’s inside of it You are truly a force to be wreckened with This was proven by Sir Isacc Newton

The Shocking Truth Force…Newton’s Second Law… F=ma ma… the old lady did it! Turns out she had taken Mr. Hopkins’ class at Penn State Harrisburg and failed it Old ladies really know how to hold a grudge!

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