The Man of Numbers : Fibonacci's Arithmetic Revolution

Devlin, Keith

ISBN 10: 1408822482 / ISBN 13: 9781408822487

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

Title: The Man of Numbers : Fibonacci's Arithmetic ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Publication Date: 2012

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: UK ed.

About this title

Synopsis:

The story of the man who introduced Hindu-Arabic numerals and the concept of zero to Europe that transformed business in the late Middle Ages and paved the way for the commercial and cultural explosion of the Renaissance

About the Author:

Keith Devlin was born in Hull. He is a Senior Researcher and Executive Director at Stanford's H-STAR institute, which he co-founded. He is also a Consulting Professor in the Department of Mathematics, and a co-founder of the Stanford Media X research network. He is the author of more than twenty-eight books, including The Math Gene. He lives in Palo Alto, California.