Fibonacci's Liber Abaci Translation into Modern English of Leonardo Pisano's Book of Calculation

Name: Fibonacci's Liber Abaci Translation into Modern English of Leonardo Pisano's Book of Calculation
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ISBN: 9780387407371

ISBN-10: 0387407375

ISBN-13: 9780387407371

Edition: 2002

Authors: Laurence Sigler

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First published in 1202, Fibonacci's Liber abaci was one of the most important books on mathematics in the Middle Ages, introducing Arabic numerals and methods throughout Europe.Its author, Leonardo Pisano, known today as Fibonacci, was a citizen of Pisa, an active maritime power, with trading outposts on the Barbary Coast and other points in the Muslim Empire. As a youth, Fibonacci was instructed in mathematics in one of these outposts; he continued his study of mathematics while traveling extensively on business and developed contacts with scientists throughout the Mediterranean world. A member of the academic court around the Emperor Frederick II, Leonardo saw clearly the advantages for…

Book details

List price: $109.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Springer New York
Publication date: 11/11/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 638
Size: 7.01" wide x 10.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.816
Language: English



Introduction


Liber Abaci: Here Begins the First Chapter


On the Multiplication of Whole Numbers


On the Addition of Whole Numbers


On the Subtraction of Lesser Numbers from Greater Numbers


On the Divisions of Integral Numbers


ON the Multiplication of Integral Numbers with Fractions


On the Addition and Subtraction and Division of Numbers with Fractions and the Reduction of Several Parts to a Single Part


On Finding the Value of Merchandise by the Principal Method


On the Barter of Merchandise and Similar Things


On Companies and Their Members


On the Alloying of Monies


Here Begins Chapter Twelve


On the Method Elchataym and How with It Nearly All Problems of Mathematics Are Solved


On Finding Square and Cubic Roots, and on the Multiplication, Division, and Subtraction of Them, and On the Treatment of Binomials and Apotomes and their Roots


On Pertinent Geometric Rules And on Problems of Algebra and Almuchabala


Notes for Liber Abaci


Bibliography