The Resource The man of numbers : Fibonacci's arithmetic revolution, Keith Devlin
The man of numbers : Fibonacci's arithmetic revolution, Keith Devlin
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- Summary
- "The untold story of Leonardo of Pisa, the medieval mathematician who introduced Arabic numbers to the West and helped launch the modern era."--Page 2 of dust jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- viii, 183 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780802779083
- Label
- The man of numbers : Fibonacci's arithmetic revolution
- Title
- The man of numbers
- Title remainder
- Fibonacci's arithmetic revolution
- Statement of responsibility
- Keith Devlin
- Title variation
- Fibonacci's arithmetic revolution
- Subject
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- Biographie
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Fibonacci numbers
- Fibonacci numbers
- Fibonacci, Leonardo
- Fibonacci, Leonardo, approximately 1170-approximately 1240
- Fibonacci, Leonardo, approximately 1170-approximately 1240
- Fibonacci, Leonardo, approximately 1170-approximately 1240
- Fibonacci, Leonardo, ca. 1170-ca. 1240
- History
- Italy
- Italy -- History -- 12th century
- 1100 - 1199
- Matematiker -- biografi
- Mathematicians
- Mathematicians -- Biography
- Mathematicians -- Biography
- Mathematicians -- Italy -- Biography
- Mathematics in nature
- Mathematics in nature
- Sequences (Mathematics)
- Leonardus, Pisanus, 1170-1240
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The untold story of Leonardo of Pisa, the medieval mathematician who introduced Arabic numbers to the West and helped launch the modern era."--Page 2 of dust jacket
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- JAI
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Devlin, Keith J
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Fibonacci, Leonardo
- Fibonacci, Leonardo
- Leonardus
- Fibonacci, Leonardo
- Fibonacci, Leonardo
- Mathematicians
- Fibonacci numbers
- Mathematics in nature
- Italy
- Fibonacci numbers
- Mathematicians
- Mathematics in nature
- Italy
- Mathematicians
- Sequences (Mathematics)
- Matematiker
- Mathematics in nature
- Fibonacci numbers
- Mathematicians
- Fibonacci, Leonardo, ca. 1170-ca. 1240
- Label
- The man of numbers : Fibonacci's arithmetic revolution, Keith Devlin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-172) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 733058043
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- viii, 183 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780802779083
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 520
- Other control number
- 9780802778123
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)733058043
- Label
- The man of numbers : Fibonacci's arithmetic revolution, Keith Devlin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-172) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 733058043
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- viii, 183 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780802779083
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 520
- Other control number
- 9780802778123
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)733058043
Subject
- Biographie
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Fibonacci numbers
- Fibonacci numbers
- Fibonacci, Leonardo
- Fibonacci, Leonardo, approximately 1170-approximately 1240
- Fibonacci, Leonardo, approximately 1170-approximately 1240
- Fibonacci, Leonardo, approximately 1170-approximately 1240
- Fibonacci, Leonardo, ca. 1170-ca. 1240
- History
- Italy
- Italy -- History -- 12th century
- 1100 - 1199
- Matematiker -- biografi
- Mathematicians
- Mathematicians -- Biography
- Mathematicians -- Biography
- Mathematicians -- Italy -- Biography
- Mathematics in nature
- Mathematics in nature
- Sequences (Mathematics)
- Leonardus, Pisanus, 1170-1240
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