Finding Fibonacci: The Quest to Rediscover the Forgotten Mathematical Genius Who Changed the World
Keith Devlin
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 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.
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.
年:
2017
出版社:
Princeton University Press
语言:
english
ISBN 10:
0691174865
ISBN 13:
9780691174860
文件:
EPUB, 8.91 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2017
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