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

Princeton University Press (2017) RRP $29.95

ONE MAN’S personal quest to understand Leonardo Bonacci, better known as Fibonacci, the 13th century mathematician known to many as the father of the modern maths. Devlin’s search brings together travelogue, history and detective work. Most famous for the Fibonacci numbers – which he didn’t invent – Fibonacci’s greatest contribution was the 1202 “Book of Calculation” that introduced modern arithmetic to the Western world.