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Finding Fibonacci

The Quest to Rediscover the Forgotten Mathematical Genius Who Changed the World

Autor: Keith Devlin
Jazyk: Angličtina
Vazba: Pevná
Dostupnost: Skladem u dodavatele
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In 2000, Keith Devlin set out to research the life and legacy of the medieval mathematician Leonardo...

Informace o knize

Autor
Jazyk
Angličtina
Vazba
Kniha - Pevná
Vydáno
2017
Stránek
256
EAN
9780691174860
ISBN
0691174865
Enbook ID
14433352
Hmotnost
432
Rozměry
147 x 224 x 23

Kompletní popis

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. 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.

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