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Finding Fibonacci : the quest to rediscover the forgotten mathematical genius who changed the world /

In 2000, Keith Devlin set out to research the life and legacy of the medieval mathematician Leonardo of Pisa, popularly known as Fibonacci, whose book Liber abbaci has quite literally affected the lives of everyone alive today. Although he is most famous for the Fibonacci numbers--which, it so happe...

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Main Authors: Devlin, Keith J
Published: Princeton University Press,
Publisher Address: Princeton, New Jersey :
Publication Dates: [2017]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Fibonacci, Leonardo, > approximately 1170-approximately 1240
Mathematics
Fibonacci numbers
Mathematicians > Italy > Biography
Arithmetic > History > To 1500
Mathematics, Medieval
Summary: In 2000, Keith Devlin set out to research the life and legacy of the medieval mathematician Leonardo of Pisa, popularly known as Fibonacci, whose book Liber abbaci has quite literally affected the lives of everyone alive today. Although he is most famous for the Fibonacci numbers--which, it so happens, he didn't invent--Fibonacci's greatest contribution was as an expositor of mathematical ideas at a level ordinary people could understand. In 1202, Liber abbaci--the "Book of Calculation"--Introduced modern arithmetic to the Western world. Yet Fibonacci was long forgotten after his death, and
Carrier Form: vi, 241 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 23 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [236]-238) and index.
ISBN: 9780691174860
0691174865
Index Number: QA29
CLC: K835.466.11
Call Number: K835.466.11/F443D-1
Contents: Sputnik and calculus -- The flood plain -- The manuscript -- First steps -- The statue -- A walk along the Pisan riverbank -- A very boring book? -- Franci -- Publishing Fibonacci: from the cloister to Amazon.com -- Translation -- Reading Fibonacci -- Manuscript hunting, part I (failures) -- Manuscript hunting, part II (success at last) -- The missing link -- This will change the world -- Leonardo and the birth of modern finance -- Reflections in a medieval mirror -- Guide to the chapters of Liber abbaci.

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