In 1202, a 32-year old Italian finished one of the most influential books of all time, which introduced modern arithmetic to Western Europe. Devised in India in the seventh and eighth centuries and brought to North Africa by Muslim traders, the Hindu-Arabic system helped transform the West into the dominant force in science, technology, and commerce, leaving behind Muslim cultures which had long known it but had failed to see its potential. The young Italian, Leonardo of Pisa (better known today as Fibonacci), had learned the Hindu number system when he traveled to North Africa with his father The Man of Numbers - Keith Devlin od authora Keith Devlin a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
| Autor |
Keith Devlin |
| Jazyk |
anglický |
| Počet stran |
192 |
| Rok vydání |
2012 |
| Typ |
filmy |
| Nakladatelství |
Bloomsbury |
