Finding Fibonacci: The Quest to Rediscover the Forgotten Mathematical Genius Who Changed the World
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Finding Fibonacci: The Quest to Rediscover the Forgotten Mathematical Genius Who Changed the World
By (Author) Keith Devlin
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
17th September 2019
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Social and cultural history
European history: medieval period, middle ages
510.92
Physical Properties
Paperback
256
Width 140mm, Height 216mm
Description
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 num
Reviews
[A] jaunty book.James Ryerson, New York Times Book Review
Devlin leads a cheerful pursuit to rediscover the hero of 13th-century European mathematics, taking readers across centuries and through the back streets of medieval and modern Italy in this entertaining and surprising history.Publishers Weekly
Finding Fibonacci showcases Devlins writerly flair.Davide Castelvecchi, Nature
[Devlin] talks his way into Italian research libraries in search of early manuscripts, photographs all 11 street signs on Via Leonardo Fibonacci in Florence and strives to cultivate a love for numbers in his readers.Andrea Marks, Scientific American
Engaging and entertaining.Library Journal
Personal and lively.Adhemar Bultheel, European Mathematical Society
Devlins enthusiasm for his subject is infectious.Tony Mann, Times Higher Education
Author Bio
Keith Devlin is a mathematician at Stanford University and cofounder and president of BrainQuake. His many books include The Unfinished Game: Pascal, Fermat, and the Seventeenth-Century Letter That Made the World Modern. He is the Math Guy on National Public Radio.
