Keith Devlin

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Finding Fibonacci: The Quest to Rediscover the Forgotten Mathematical Genius Who Changed the WorldPaperback, 9 July 2019

Finding Fibonacci: The Quest to Rediscover the Forgotten Mathematical Genius Who Changed the World
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Print Length
256 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Date Published
9 Jul 2019
ISBN-10
0691192308
ISBN-13
9780691192307

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A mathematician's ten-year quest to tell Fibonacci's story

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, or the "Book of Calculation," introduced modern arithmetic to the Western world. Although most famous for the Fibonacci numbers--which, it so happens, he didn't discover--Fibonacci's greatest contribution was as an expositor of mathematical ideas at a level ordinary people could understand. Yet Fibonacci was forgotten after his death, and it was not until the 1960s that his true achievements were finally recognized. Drawing on the diary he kept of his quest, Devlin describes the false starts and disappointments, the unexpected turns, and the occasional lucky breaks he encountered in his search. Fibonacci helped to revive the West as the cradle of science, technology, and commerce, yet he vanished from the pages of history. This is Devlin's search to find him.

Product Details

Author:
Keith Devlin
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
9 July 2019
Dimensions:
20.57 x 12.95 x 2.03 cm
ISBN-10:
0691192308
ISBN-13:
9780691192307
Language:
English
Location:
Princeton
Pages:
256
Weight:
317.51 gm

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