Friday, January 14, 2011

Unknown Birthday: Leonardo Fibonacci

Leonardo Fibonacci, mathematician
c. 1170-1250

Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci by Joseph D’Agnese, illustrated by John O’Brien (Henry Holt, 2010)

Numbers made young Leonardo Fibonacci happy. Although other children called him “Blockhead,” Fibonacci followed his passion. This story, told in first person, is all heart.

The Fibonacci sequence is still a mathematical marvel today.