Fibonacci's De Practica Geometrie
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 h...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2008. |
| Series: | Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72931-2 |
Table of Contents:
- 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.