| Description |
vi, 241 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits, black and white photographs ; 23 cm |
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Includes a bibliography (pages 236-238) and an index. |
| Contents |
Sputnik and Calculus -- The Flood Plain -- The Manuscript -- First Steps -- The Statue -- A Walk along the Pisan Riverbank -- A Very Boring Book? -- Franci -- Publishing Fibonacci: From the Cloister to Amazon.com -- Translation -- Reading Fibonacci -- Manuscript Hunting, Part I (Failures) -- Manuscript Hunting, Part II (Success at Last) -- The Missing Link -- This Will Change the World -- Leonardo and the Birth of Modern Finance -- Reflections in a Medieval Mirror -- Guide to the Chapters of Liber abbaci -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Fibonacci, Leonardo, approximately 1170-approximately 1240.
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| Subject(S) |
Mathematics.
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Fibonacci numbers.
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Mathematicians -- Italy -- Biography.
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Arithmetic -- History -- To 1500.
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Mathematics, Medieval.
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Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Quest to rediscover the forgotten mathematical genius who changed the world |
| ISBN |
9780691174860 hardback |
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0691174865 hardback |
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