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Fibonacci’s De Practica Geometrie (Record no. 509934)

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International Standard Book Number 9780387729312
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Standard number or code 10.1007/978-0-387-72931-2
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Classification number QA21-27
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Subject category code PBX
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Subject category code MAT015000
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Classification number 510.9
Edition number 23
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Title Fibonacci’s De Practica Geometrie
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Statement of responsibility, etc. edited by Barnabas Hughes.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture New York, NY :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Springer New York,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2008.
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Extent XXXVI, 412 p. 416 illus.
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490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Measuring Areas of Rectangular Fields -- Finding Roots of Numbers -- Measuring All Kinds of Fields -- Dividing Fields Among Partners -- Finding Cube Roots -- Finding Dimensions of Bodies -- Measuring Heights, Depths, and Longitude of Planets -- Geometric Subtleties.
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Summary, etc. Leonardo da Pisa, perhaps better known as Fibonacci (ca. 1170 - ca. 1240), selected the most useful parts of Greco-Arabic geometry for the book known as De practica geometrie. Beginning with the definitions and constructions found early on in Euclid's Elements, Fibonacci instructed his reader how to compute with Pisan units of measure, find square and cube roots, determine dimensions of both rectilinear and curved surfaces and solids, work with tables for indirect measurement, and perhaps finally fire the imagination of builders with analyses of pentagons and decagons. His work exceeded what readers would expect for the topic. Practical Geometry is the name of the craft for medieval landmeasurers, otherwise known as surveyors in modern times. Fibonacci wrote De practica geometrie for these artisans, a fitting complement to Liber abbaci. He had been at work on the geometry project for some time when a friend encouraged him to complete the task, which he did, going beyond the merely practical, as he remarked, "Some parts are presented according to geometric demonstrations, other parts in dimensions after a lay fashion, with which they wish to engage according to the more common practice." This translation offers a reconstruction of De practica geometrie as the author judges Fibonacci wrote it. In order to appreciate what Fibonacci created, the author considers his command of Arabic, his schooling, and the resources available to him. To these are added the authors own views on translation and remarks about early Renaissance Italian translations. A bibliography of primary and secondary resources follows the translation, completed by an index of names and special words.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Mathematics.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Geometry.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element History.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Mathematics.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element History of Mathematical Sciences.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Geometry.
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Personal name Hughes, Barnabas.
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Title Springer eBooks
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Relationship information Printed edition:
International Standard Book Number 9780387729305
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Uniform title Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
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Uniform Resource Identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72931-2
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