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Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci
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Book Description
Breaking News: In April 2015 Blockhead was named a Mathical Honor Book.

As a young boy in medieval Italy, Leonardo Fibonacci thought about numbers day and night. He was such a daydreamer that people called him a blockhead.

When Leonardo grew up and traveled the world, he was inspired by the numbers used in different countries. Then he realized that many things in nature, from... More
Book Information
PublisherHenry Holt & Company, Inc.
BindingHardcover (2 editions)
Reading LevelAges 9-12
# of Pages40
ISBN-100805063056
ISBN-13978-0805063059
Publication Date03/30/2010
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About Joseph D'Agnese (Author) : Joseph D'Agnese is an author and journalist who has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, This Old House, and many other magazines and newspapers. He has been published extensively ... more
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About John O'Brien (Illustrator) : John O'Brien is a published author, editor, and an illustrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of John O'Brien include My Life with the Chimpanzees, Who Was Abraham Lincoln? (Who Wa... more
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