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The man of numbers : Fibonacci's arithmetic revolution / Keith Devlin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Devlin, Keith J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fibonacci, Leonardo, approximately 1170-approximately 1240.
- Mathematicians--Biography.
- Fibonacci numbers.
- Mathematics in nature.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 183 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First U.S. edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Walker & Co., 2011.
- Contents:
- 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:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-172) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780802778123
- 0802778127
- OCLC:
- 733058043
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