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Stamp prices and the first maths book
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[BBC News] the first maths textbook ever written, Liber Abaci. Its author was Leonardo of Pisa, better known as Fibonacci. Tim speaks to Keith Devlin, author of The Man of Numbers, to find out more. Episode image for Stamp prices and the first maths book.
Fibonacci sequence has the 'Touch'
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[CollegeNews] - Dr. Keith Devlin, a mathematician at Stanford University says no. According to Dr. Devlin, many of the references to the Fibonacci sequence are falsehoods that are frequently repeated about the mystical sequence. Other than citing the wrong century in
Google News: Emilie du Chatelet, the woman history forgot
[Daily Maverick] - DM The scientist whom history forgot by David Bodanis in the Guardian. Passionate Minds: the great Enlightenment love affair, by David Bodanis in The Independent. The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci's Arithmetic Revolution by Keith Devlin – review by David
Outsourcing math work
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[Deccan Herald] - Writing in Huffpost, Dr. Keith Devlin, a Stanford University mathematician, says jobs, which need expertise in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) are being outsourced. Discussing in detail about the jobs, which need math skills
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