Full Name: Leonardo
Pisano Fibonacci, a.k.a. "Leonardo of Pisa", and "Leonardo Bigollo".
Lived Between: 1170-1250
Nationality: Italian
Primary Occupation: Mathematician
Claim to Fame: Leonardo Fibonacci is responsible for having
introduced the decimal system in Europe, adapting the methods of
arithmetic he had learned from the many Arabic and Indian traders he
encountered while spending time along the Mediterranean coast with his
father, a merchant and customs officer in North Africa. In his
text "Liber Abaci", Fibonacci determined that by using the Indian
numbers of 1 to 9, and the Arabic symbol Zephirum, or Zero (0), one
could write any number.
Recommended Book:
Fibonacci's Liber Abaci -- Laurence Sigler, Leonardo Fibonacci;
Hardcover
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