The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci's Arithmetic Revolution
by Devlin, Keith
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0802778127
- ISBN 13
- 9780802778123
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About This Item
New York: Walker & Company, 2011. viii, 183 pages, [8] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour); 22 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Dust jacket toned, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. "The untold story of Leonardo of Pisa, the medieval mathematician who introduced Arabic numbers to the West and helped launch the modern era." - Publisher. 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.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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- Title
- The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci's Arithmetic Revolution
- Author
- Devlin, Keith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0802778127
- ISBN 13
- 9780802778123
- Publisher
- Walker & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2011
- Size
- 8vo
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