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Finding Fibonacci - The Quest to Rediscover the Forgotten Mathematical Genius Who Changed the World (Paperback)
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Finding Fibonacci - The Quest to Rediscover the Forgotten Mathematical Genius Who Changed the World (Paperback)
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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.
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