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_aFinding Fibonacci : _bthe quest to rediscover the forgotten mathematical genius who changed the world / _cKeith Devlin. |
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_aPrinceton : _bPrinceton University Press, _c2017. |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | ||
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| 505 | 0 | _aCover; 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. | |
| 505 | 8 | _aCHAPTER 15 Leonardo and the Birth of Modern FinanceCHAPTER 16 Reflections in a Medieval Mirror; APPENDIX Guide to the Chapters of Liber abbaci; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX. | |
| 520 | _aIn 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 contribution was as an expositor of mathematical ideas at a level ordinary people could understand. In 1202, Liber abbaci--the "Book of Calculation"--Introduced modern arithmetic to the Western world. Yet Fibonacci was long forgotten after his death, and it was not until the 1960s that his true achievements were finally recognized. Finding Fibonacci is Devlin's compelling firsthand account of his ten-year quest to tell Fibonacci's story. Devlin, a math expositor himself, kept a diary of the undertaking, which he draws on here to describe the project's highs and lows, its false starts and disappointments, the tragedies and unexpected turns, some hilarious episodes, and the occasional lucky breaks. You will also meet the unique individuals Devlin encountered along the way, people who, each for their own reasons, became fascinated by Fibonacci, from the Yale professor who traced modern finance back to Fibonacci to the Italian historian who made the crucial archival discovery that brought together all the threads of Fibonacci's astonishing story. 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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