The Fabulous Fibonacci Numbers
$56.28
- Hardcover
392 pages
- Release Date
29 May 2007
Summary
The most ubiquitous, and perhaps the most intriguing, number pattern in mathematics is the Fibonacci sequence. In this simple pattern beginning with two ones, each succeeding number is the sum of the two numbers immediately preceding it (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, ad infinitum). Far from being just a curiosity, this sequence recurs in structures found throughout nature - from the arrangement of whorls on a pinecone to the branches of certain plant stems. All of which is astounding evidence for…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781591024750 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1591024757 |
| Author: | Alfred S. Posamentier, Ingmar Lehmann |
| Publisher: | Prometheus Books |
| Imprint: | Prometheus Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 392 |
| Release Date: | 29 May 2007 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 13mm |
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”…delightful…accessible to anyone who enjoys or enjoyed high school mathematics. Mathematics teachers from middle school through college will find this book fun to read and useful in the classroom. The authors consider more properties, relationships, and applications of the Fibonacci numbers than most other sources do…I enjoyed reading this book…a valuable addition to the mathematical literature.” – Mathematics Teacher, Vol. 102, No. 1, August 2008
About The Author
Alfred S. Posamentier
Alfred S. Posamentier is dean of the School of Education and professor of mathematics education at Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, New York. Previously, he had the same positions at the City College of the City University of New York for forty years. He has published over fifty-five books in the area of mathematics and mathematics education, including Pi: A Biography of the World’s Most Mysterious Number (with Ingmar Lehmann).
Ingmar Lehmann is retired from the mathematics faculty at Humboldt University in Berlin. For many years he led the Berlin Mathematics Student Society for gifted secondary-school students, with which he is still closely engaged today. He is the coauthor with Alfred S. Posamentier of The Secrets of Triangles, The Glorious Golden Ratio, and three other books.
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