Joseph D'Agnese
Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci
- ISBN 13:
- 9780805063059
- author:
- Joseph D'Agnese
- format:
- HardBack
- publisher:
- Henry Holt & Company
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2010
- Pages:
- 40
- Dimensions:
- 22.61 x 1.02 x 28.96 centimetres
- Genre:
- Children's, Fiction, Biography & Autobiography,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 6 working days
Description
Leonardo Fibonacci's fascination with numbers began at a young age, earning him the nickname "blockhead" from his peers. As he grew older, his travels took him to different countries, where he discovered the unique numerical patterns used in various cultures.
Upon returning home, Fibonacci made a remarkable connection between these patterns and the natural world. He observed that many aspects of nature, from the arrangement of flowers to the spiral of a nautilus shell, seemed to follow a specific sequence. This discovery would come to be known as the Fibonacci Sequence.
This book tells the story of Fibonacci's journey from a curious boy to a mathematician who unlocked a fundamental principle of the natural world.
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