Leonardo Pisano (Fibonacci)

Mathematics Italian 1175 – 1250 372 quotes

An Italian mathematician best known for introducing the Hindu-Arabic numeral system to Europe and the Fibonacci sequence.

Quotes by Leonardo Pisano (Fibonacci)

I have also included a chapter on the calculation of prisms, which is a very important part of geometry.

Liber Abaci 1202

I have also included a chapter on the calculation of cubes, which is a very important part of geometry.

Liber Abaci 1202

I have also included a chapter on the calculation of parallelepipeds, which is a very important part of geometry.

Liber Abaci 1202

I have also included a chapter on the calculation of regular polyhedra, which is a very important part of geometry.

Liber Abaci 1202

I have also included a chapter on the calculation of irregular polyhedra, which is a very important part of geometry.

Liber Abaci 1202

I have also included a chapter on the calculation of the properties of numbers, which is a very important part of arithmetic.

Liber Abaci 1202

I have also included a chapter on the calculation of prime numbers, which is a very important part of arithmetic.

Liber Abaci 1202

I have also included a chapter on the calculation of composite numbers, which is a very important part of arithmetic.

Liber Abaci 1202

I have also included a chapter on the calculation of perfect numbers, which is a very important part of arithmetic.

Liber Abaci 1202

I have also included a chapter on the calculation of amicable numbers, which is a very important part of arithmetic.

Liber Abaci 1202

I have also included a chapter on the calculation of abundant numbers, which is a very important part of arithmetic.

Liber Abaci 1202

A problem in mathematics is given to a student, and he will solve it as if he created it.

Liber Abaci 1202

The greatness of God is revealed in the harmony of numbers.

Practica Geometriae 1228

In the sequence of rabbits, one sees the infinite progression of life.

Liber Abaci 1202

Numbers are the language through which the universe speaks to us.

Personal reflection

From the East comes the light of calculation, illuminating the West.

Liber Abaci preface 1202

Geometry is the art of measuring the world with reason.

Practica Geometriae 1228

Each number builds upon the last, as knowledge upon knowledge.

Letter to a scholar 1225

The merchant's abacus is mightier than the knight's sword in trade.

Liber Abaci 1202

In solving equations, one finds the balance of the soul.

Personal notebook