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The Gift of Numbers

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Published: May 21, 2017 by VPR Producer

As hard as it is to imagine, before an Italian mathematician we know as Fibonacci came to the scene, most people didn’t use numbers. We talk to mathematician and author Keith Devlin about Fibonacci’s mammoth contribution to mathematics and our daily lives.


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  • Keith Devlin, mathematician at Stanford University and author of The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci’s Arithmetic Revolution

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  • Keith Devlin Bio
  • devlinsangle.blogspot.com
  • The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci’s Arithmetic Revolution
Program #: 17-21segment type: Feature StoriesTopics - Math, Data and StatisticsGuests - Keith DevlinBooks & Publications - The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci’s Arithmetic RevolutionInstitutions - Stanford UniversityNotable Names - FibonacciProducers - Pat Reuter| Reed Pence| Sean Waldron
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