Fibonacci’s Liber Abaci: A Translation into Modern English of Leonardo Pisano’s Book of Calculation

Fibonacci’s Liber Abaci: A Translation into Modern English of Leonardo Pisano’s Book of Calculation
ISBN-10
1461300797
ISBN-13
9781461300793
Category
Mathematics
Pages
638
Language
English
Published
2012-12-06
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Author
Laurence Sigler

Description

First published in 1202, Fibonacci’s Liber Abaci was one of the most important books on mathematics in the Middle Ages, introducing Arabic numerals and methods throughout Europe. This is the first translation into a modern European language, of interest not only to historians of science but also to all mathematicians and mathematics teachers interested in the origins of their methods.

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