Dan Brown | Inferno

<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0" height="480" id="msnbc1ca12c" width="853"><param name="movie" value="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640" /><param name="FlashVars" value="launch=51876160&width=853&height=480" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed name="msnbc1ca12c" src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640" width="853" height="480" FlashVars="launch=51876160&width=853&height=480" allowscriptaccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object> <p></p><div id="posttext" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/14/18236528-in-dan-browns-inferno-numeric-riddles-and-controversial-science-mix?lite">NBC</a></span></b> <p></p><span style="font-size: large;">D</span><b>an Brown's <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Inferno-Novel-Robert-Langdon-ebook/dp/B00AXIZ4TQ?ie=UTF8&tag=inforfarm-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="blank">Inferno</a></i> is another globe-trotting, world-saving adventure — and a chance for readers to ponder a new set of mathematical and scientific puzzles.</b> <p></p>The Italian poet Dante Alighieri was, if anything, more of a numbers freak than Dan Brown: Who else would write a three-book masterwork consisting entirely of three-line stanzas? Each book is divided into 33 cantos — plus an extra one in Dante's Inferno, to make 100 cantos in all. The verses are riddled with references to threes, sevens, nines and other numbers with mystical meanings. <p></p>Numbers and codes have played a part as well in the buildup to the release of <i>Inferno</i>. Even the publication date is a puzzle: Greg Taylor, author of “<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Dan-Browns-Inferno-ebook/dp/B00BIFZK9C">Inside Dan Brown’s Inferno</a>,” noticed that if you reverse the American date notation, 5-14-13, you come up with the first five digits of pi (3.1415). Brown’s publishers later confirmed that the date was chosen for just that reason. </div>

Dan Brown | Inferno

NBC Dan Brown's Inferno is another globe-trotting, world-saving adventure — and a chance for readers to ponder a new set of mathematical and scientific puzzles. The Italian poet Dante Alighieri was, if anything, more of a numbers freak than Dan Brown: Who else would write a three-book masterwork co…

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