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Fibonacci's de practica geometrie
Responsibility | edited by Barnabas Hughes |
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Series | Sources and studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences |
Material Type | Book |
Publisher | New York : Springer |
Year | c2008 |
Language | English |
Size | xxxv, 408 p. : ill. ; 25 cm |
Abstract | Leonardo da Pisa, perhaps better known as Fibonacci (ca. 1170 - ca. 1240), selected the most useful parts of Greco-Arabic geometry for the book known as De practica geometrie. Beginning with the defin...tions and constructions found early on in Euclid's Elements, Fibonacci instructed his reader how to compute with Pisan units of measure, find square and cube roots, determine dimensions of both rectilinear and curved surfaces and solids, work with tables for indirect measurement, and perhaps finally fire the imagination of builders with analyses of pentagons and decagons. His work exceeded what readers would expect for the topic.show more |
Electronic Version | https://hdl.handle.net/2324/6829048 |
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Status | Volume | Location | Call No. | Printed | Collection Name | Barcode No. | Comments | Reserve | Copy | Automatic archive |
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SciTech 3F Mathematical Books | HUGH/3/1 | 2008 |
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023212007005933 |
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Bibliographic details
Notes | Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
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Authors | *Fibonacci, Leonardo, ca. 1170-ca. 1240 Hughes, Barnabas |
Subjects | LCSH:Geometry -- Early works to 1800
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LCSH:Mathematics, Medieval |
Classification | DC22:516 LCC:QA32 |
ID | 1001241236 |
ISBN | 9780387729305 |
NCID | BA84227851 |
Vol | ISBN:9780387729305 |
Created Date | 2009.09.18 |
Modified Date | 2017.02.18 |