Finding Fibonacci
The Quest to Rediscover the Forgotten Mathematical Genius Who Changed the World
(Sprache: Englisch)
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...
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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.
Autoren-Porträt von Keith Devlin
Keith Devlin is a mathematician at Stanford University and cofounder and president of BrainQuake, an educational technology company that creates mathematics learning video games. His many books include The Unfinished Game: Pascal, Fermat, and the Seventeenth-Century Letter That Made the World Modern. He is "the Math Guy" on National Public Radio. He lives in Palo Alto, California.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Keith Devlin
- 2017, 256 Seiten, 22 Abbildungen, Maße: 14,6 x 22,6 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- ISBN-10: 0691174865
- ISBN-13: 9780691174860
- Erscheinungsdatum: 21.03.2017
Sprache:
Englisch
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