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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Devlin, Keith J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Fibonacci, Leonardo, > approximately 1170-approximately 1240.
Fibonacci, Leonardo, > approximately 1170-approximately 1240
To 1500
Mathematicians > Italy > Biography.
Arithmetic > History > To 1500.
Mathematics, Medieval.
Mathématiciens > Italie > Biographies.
Mathématiques médiévales.
MATHEMATICS > Arithmetic.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
Arithmetic
Mathematicians
Mathematics, Medieval
Italy
Biographies
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; PRELUDE Sputnik and Calculus; CHAPTER 1 The Flood Plain; CHAPTER 2 The Manuscript; CHAPTER 3 First Steps; CHAPTER 4 The Statue; CHAPTER 5 A Walk along the Pisan Riverbank; CHAPTER 6 A Very Boring Book?; CHAPTER 7 Franci; CHAPTER 8 Publishing Fibonacci: From the Cloister to Amazon.com; CHAPTER 9 Translation; CHAPTER 10 Reading Fibonacci; CHAPTER 11 Manuscript Hunting, Part I (Failures); CHAPTER 12 Manuscript Hunting, Part II (Success at Last); CHAPTER 13 The Missing Link; CHAPTER 14 This Will Change the World.
  • CHAPTER 15 Leonardo and the Birth of Modern FinanceCHAPTER 16 Reflections in a Medieval Mirror; APPENDIX Guide to the Chapters of Liber abbaci; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.

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