Keith Devlin is a mathematician at Stanford University and cofounder and president of BrainQuake. His many books include The Unfinished Game: Pascal, Fermat, and the Seventeenth-Century Letter That Made the World Modern. He is "the Math Guy" on National Public Radio.
“[A] jaunty book.”—James Ryerson, New York Times Book Review
“Devlin leads a cheerful pursuit to rediscover the hero of
13th-century European mathematics, taking readers across centuries
and through the back streets of medieval and modern Italy in this
entertaining and surprising history.”—Publishers Weekly
“Finding Fibonacci showcases Devlin’s writerly flair.”—Davide
Castelvecchi, Nature
“[Devlin] talks his way into Italian research libraries in search
of early manuscripts, photographs all 11 street signs on Via
Leonardo Fibonacci in Florence and strives to cultivate a love for
numbers in his readers.”—Andrea Marks, Scientific American
“Engaging and entertaining.”—Library Journal
“Personal and lively.”—Adhemar Bultheel, European Mathematical
Society
“Devlin’s enthusiasm for his subject is infectious.”—Tony Mann,
Times Higher Education
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