Fibonacci

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Fibonacci

• Lesley Murray
• October 16,2007
• Core 3-5
• Science

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Background of Fibonacci

• Fibonacci was born in 1170 in Pisa, Italy.
• He grew up with a North African education under
  the Moors.
• Later he traveled around the Mediterranean coast.
• Fibonacci died in 1250.
• He did most of his work in Italy.

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Interesting Facts

• Fibonacci is known for having many names.
• The names he is known as include Leonardo of
  Pisa, Leonardo Pisano, Leonardo Bonacci, Leonardo
  Fibonacci, or most commonly Fibonacci.

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Interesting Facts(Cont)

• I think that Fibonacci having so many names is
  very interesting because most people are only
  known as one name. Sometimes people are known as
  two but having so many names is very rare.

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He is Famous for

• Fibonacci is famous for being one of the first
  people to introduce the Hindu-Arabic number
  system to Europe.
• It is the system we use today, based on the 10
  digits with its decimal point and a symbol for
  zero.

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He is Famous for (Continued)

• Fibonacci is most famous for his series of
  numbers called the Fibonacci sequence.
• The sequence goes as follows 1,1,2,3,4,8,13 and
  so on.
• This sequence is constructed by choosing the
  first two numbers then assigning the rest by the
  rule that each number be the sum of the two
  preceding numbers.

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Sequence Seen In Nature

• The Fibonacci sequence is seen in nature, in the
  arrangement of leaves on a stem of plants, in the
  pattern of sunflower seeds, spirals of snail's
  shells, in the number of petals of flowers, in
  the periods of planets of the solar system, and
  in stock market cycles.

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Works Cited

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• Encyclopedia or Other Reference Work (B)
• "Fibonacci."World Book. 2005. 2005.
• Web Document (C)
• Ron, Knott. "Who was Fibonacci?."
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• Book - One or more authors (A)
• Stewart, Ian. The Magical Maze. 1st. United
  States John Wiley Sons,Inc., 1997

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