Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci |
lived from 1170 to 1250 |
Fibonacci played an important role in reviving ancient mathematics and made significant contributions of his own. Liber abaci introduced the Hindu-Arabic place-valued decimal system and the use of Arabic numerals into Europe. |
Find out more at:
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians/Fibonacci.html |