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Finding Fibonacci: The Quest to Rediscover the Forgotten Mathematical Genius Who Changed the World
Keith Devlin
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Finding Fibonacci: The Quest to Rediscover the Forgotten Mathematical Genius Who Changed the World
Keith Devlin
A compelling firsthand account of Keith Devlin's ten-year quest to tell Fibonacci's story 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
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| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 21, 2017 |
| ISBN13 | 9780691174860 |
| Publishers | Princeton University Press |
| Pages | 256 |
| Dimensions | 147 × 224 × 23 mm · 432 g |
| Language | English |
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