Finding Fibonacci: The Quest to Rediscover the Forgotten Mathematical Genius Who Changed the World

The book is not a mathematics book, but is a book about the author's quest to find out something about Fibonacci (Actually this is only one of his three names.). It is more of a memoir of his research. He did say a lot about the book Liber Abbaci which was written by Fibonacci. The author considers this work to be of huge significance in western culture, even though most have never heard of it. There are a only few copies that exist and Devlin documents his search for them and his research into them. The book (Liber Abbaci) was the basis of commerce calculations in the western and Arab world. Such things as the concept of algorithm and the 10 Arabic digits were promulgated by Fibonacci in his book. Finding Fibonacci was a good read.

This author wrote a biography about Fibonacci. This book is about what he went through to write that book.

Keith Devlin has written many books about math and several about Leonardo of Pisa aka Fibonacci. There is only scant actual information about the man. The book is about Devlin's various trips to Italy to do research. Although he makes a number of important points and has significant insights, I would have been just as happy if he did it in fewer pages. He writes about his missing buses because of Italian schedules and difficulties with librarians. Some of this, I felt, was to fill pages to justify the price of the hard cover book.

There was less there than what the title seem to promise. He could have and should have included a bit more history of the mathematics that was being practised at the time. There could have been a lot more examples of where the sequence and numbers appears in the living world and a bit more speculation and discussion of the contributions of the Islamic world. Indeed where and how did the islamic world get there numerical system from india?

This book is really about the author, Keith Devlin, more than about Fibonacci or his work. It tells about how the author became a writer popularising mathematics in the mass media and also tells a lot of personal stories about how he spent a number of years off and on researching a little about Fibonacci. It is primarily a travel book with Fibonacci as a theme.

was a bit disappointed, expected more math relevance, since I am not a mathematician it is more difficult for me to appreciate the relevance or breakthrough by LeonARDO DI PISA, the other book by Keith " Math--..invisible language " will give it the TOP rating of % plus, truly great

Keith Devlin offers a detailed history of Leonardo (his real name)'s discoveries in mathematics that made our world's trade grow exponentially. Fascinating stories of how Devlin uncovered how Leonardo's writings had the huge influence on our knowledge and use of mathematics. This and other books about Fibonacci by Devlin are giving us a broader picture of this giant whose memory was almost erased.

Mr.Devlin uncovers a ‘closely held secret’: Fibonacci was the mathematician that introduced the numbers, or digits, we presently use. And this was done in the XIII Century! Few people were aware of the importance of Fibonacci ‘discovery’! Thankfully, Devlin unveils this phenomenal character, in a riveting story, with a lot of details, without abusing the lay reader with math formulas! A must read!

well written, sheds good light on one of the most important figures that helped to develop modern business in the West.

Never says anything new except his vanity to be new without being new!Terrible litterature - repetitions are half the book - more than 100 times he repeats that Fibonacci wrote the book that would change the world!the index is full of missing names (Frederic II)This author is so happy with himself that he explains how he goes to sleep or other banalities irrelevant to the subjectbad scinece, bad litterature, bad english, stupid comparisons...I will complain to Sientific American where i found the recommendation of this book.Good for airport or train station news stands - not for people interested in science, philosophie, technonlogy, and certainly not litterature.Typical commercial book -bu published by a University Press !!!

Teve apenas duas edições. há novecentos anos. No entanto foi o livro que mudou radicalmente a cultura ocidental. Aos que se ibnteressarem pelo assunto, recomendo também "Finding Fibonacci", trabalho recente de Keith Devlin.

Der Autor schreibt ja selber, das von Fubonacci nichts überliefert ist. Da hätte er besser kein Buch gamacht, als diese Erkenntnis noch breitzuwalzen.