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Man of Numbers Fibonacci's Arithmetic Revolution

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ISBN-10: 0802779085

ISBN-13: 9780802779083

Edition: N/A

Authors: Keith Devlin, Keith J. Devlin

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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 7th and 8th 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 wasLiber abbaci, the "Book of Calculation," and the revolution that…    
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Book details

List price: $16.00
Publisher: Walker & Company
Publication date: 7/3/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Born in England in 1947 and living in America since 1987, Keith Devlin has written more than 20 books and numerous research articles on various elements of mathematics. From 1983 to 1989, he wrote a column on for the Manchester (England) Guardian. The collected columns are published in All the Math That's Fit to Print (1994) and cover a wide range of topics from calculating travel expenses to calculating pi. His book Logic and Information (1991) is an introduction to situation theory and situation semantics for mathematicians. Co-author of the PBS Nova episode "A Mathematical Mystery Tour," he is also the author of Devlin's Angle, a column on the Mathematical Association of America's…    

Acknowledgments
Your Days Are Numbered "
A Bridge of Numbers "
A Child of Pisa
A Mathematical Journey
Sources
Liber abbaci
Fame
The Fibonacci Aftermath
Whose Revolution?
Fibonacci's Legacy-in Stone, Parchment, and Rabbits
Notes
Bibliography
Index