Finding Fibonacci: The Quest to Rediscover the Forgotten Mathematical Genius Who Changed the World

by Keith Devlin

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A compelling firsthand account of Keith Devlin'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 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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691174865

ISBN13:9780691174860

Release Date:March 2017

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.6" x 8.6"

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Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Math Mathematics Science & Math

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