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Garrett Eastman

The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci's Arithmetic Revolution - 6 views

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    Forthcoming July 2011, available for pre-order. a biography of the 13th century Italian mathematician Leonardo of Pisa, better known as Fibonacci, who introduced the Hindu-Arabic system of numbers to the west. "Fibonacci's book Liber Abbaci (The Book of Calculation) was the first to recognize the power of the 10 numerals, and to aim them at the world of commerce."
Garrett Eastman

Through the History Glass - 3 views

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    by John Yoo, Yuba Community College, a series of columns on math history, written for the CMC3 newsletter
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