From the history of maths
Fibonacci
His Liber Abaci (1202) helped bring Hindu–Arabic numerals to Europe.
Its rabbit puzzle gives 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, …, numbers Indian scholars had already met while counting rhythms in poetry.
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Where you’ll meet Fibonacci here
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They turn up beside problems and lessons on these topics.
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Shakuntala Devi
Known as the “human computer”, in 1980 at Imperial College London she multiplied two 13-digit numbers in her head in 28 seconds.
She also wrote popular books of puzzles and mental arithmetic.
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