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- Title
- The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci's Arithmetic Revolution
- Book Title
- The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci's Arithmetic Revolution
- ISBN
- 1408824442
- EAN
- 9781408824443
- Binding
- Paperback / softback
- Date of Publication
- 2011-11-07
- Release Title
- The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci's Arithmetic Revolution
- Artist
- Devlin, Keith
- Brand
- N/A
- Colour
- N/A
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci's Arithmetic Revolution
- Item Height
- 234 mm
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Subject
- Mathematics, History
- Item Weight
- 293 g
- Item Width
- 153 mm
- Number of Pages
- 192 Pages
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In 1202, a 32-year old Italian finished one of the most influential books of all time, which introduced modern arithmetic to Western Europe. Devised in India in the seventh and eighth centuries and brought to North Africa by Muslim traders, the Hindu-Arabic system helped transform the West into the dominant force in science, technology, and commerce, leaving behind Muslim cultures which had long known it but had failed to see its potential. The young Italian, Leonardo of Pisa (better known today as Fibonacci), had learned the Hindu number system when he traveled to North Africa with his father, a customs agent. The book he created was Liber abbaci, the 'Book of Calculation', and the revolution that followed its publication was enormous. Arithmetic made it possible for ordinary people to buy and sell goods, convert currencies, and keep accurate records of possessions more readily than ever before. Liber abbaci's publication led directly to large-scale international commerce and the scientific revolution of the Renaissance. Yet despite the ubiquity of his discoveries, Leonardo of Pisa remains an enigma. His name is best known today in association with an exercise in Liber abbaci whose solution gives rise to a sequence of numbers - the Fibonacci sequence - used by some to predict the rise and fall of financial markets, and evident in myriad biological structures. In The Man of Numbers, Keith Devlin recreates the life and enduring legacy of an overlooked genius, and in the process makes clear how central numbers and mathematics are to our daily lives.
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-13
9781408824443
eBay Product ID (ePID)
111687429
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Number of Pages
192 Pages
Publication Name
The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci's Arithmetic Revolution
Language
English
Subject
Mathematics, History
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Format
Paperback
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Item Height
234 mm
Item Weight
293 g
Item Width
153 mm
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United Kingdom
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