Comments on: Pisa’s Mathy Bonehead http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/pisas-mathy-bonehead/ The Free, Brief, Daily email from Italy read by (tens of) thousands worldwide! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:36:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joe D'Agnese http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/pisas-mathy-bonehead/#comment-3201 Joe D'Agnese Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:27:24 +0000 http://www.italiannotebook.com/?p=6773#comment-3201 Hi Lee: I understand most people are ordering it via Amazon USA or Amazon UK. But the following Italian booksellers have it on their websites: http://www.ibs.it/book/9780805063059/dagnese-joe/blockhead-the-life.html http://www.cdbox.it/cdbook/scheda_book.asp?isbn=9780805063059&zona=book http://www.webster.it/book_usa-blockhead_life_fibonacci_joseph_agnese-9780805063059.htm I hope this helps. Joe Hi Lee:
I understand most people are ordering it via Amazon USA or Amazon UK. But the following Italian booksellers have it on their websites:
http://www.ibs.it/book/9780805063059/dagnese-joe/blockhead-the-life.html
http://www.cdbox.it/cdbook/scheda_book.asp?isbn=9780805063059&zona=book
http://www.webster.it/book_usa-blockhead_life_fibonacci_joseph_agnese-9780805063059.htm

I hope this helps.

Joe

]]> By: Lee McIntyre http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/pisas-mathy-bonehead/#comment-3170 Lee McIntyre Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:14:37 +0000 http://www.italiannotebook.com/?p=6773#comment-3170 Very cool - I'd never known anything about the person behind the Fibonacci sequence of numbers, nor did I realize he didn't use that name during his lifetime! Thanks for the interesting info. Is there a way to order the book from here in Northern Italy? Very cool – I’d never known anything about the person behind the Fibonacci sequence of numbers, nor did I realize he didn’t use that name during his lifetime! Thanks for the interesting info. Is there a way to order the book from here in Northern Italy?

]]> By: Stef Smulders http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/pisas-mathy-bonehead/#comment-3167 Stef Smulders Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:58:36 +0000 http://www.italiannotebook.com/?p=6773#comment-3167 Very nice note! I happen to have done a little study on Leonardo a few years ago, but I'll have to look it up to remember what my conclusions were. Your book seems great fun, I read about the perilous journey to italy on your site. Fibonacci numbers are world famous nowadays since Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code (in which he does disappointingly little with them, however). Thanks! Very nice note! I happen to have done a little study on Leonardo a few years ago, but I’ll have to look it up to remember what my conclusions were. Your book seems great fun, I read about the perilous journey to italy on your site. Fibonacci numbers are world famous nowadays since Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code (in which he does disappointingly little with them, however). Thanks!

]]> By: nelia ruiz http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/pisas-mathy-bonehead/#comment-3164 nelia ruiz Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:57:58 +0000 http://www.italiannotebook.com/?p=6773#comment-3164 My latest godson might be a little too young to appreciate the book, but I think I will get it for him just the same and start him off on being interested in Math and its wonderful "appearances" in nature. Sometimes,it takes just a tiny spark to start off someone on the journey of a lifetime. Thank you for your article - it was informative and enjoyable. Nelia My latest godson might be a little too young to appreciate the book, but I think I will get it for him just the same and start him off on being interested in Math and its wonderful “appearances” in nature. Sometimes,it takes just a tiny spark to start off someone on the journey of a lifetime.

Thank you for your article – it was informative and enjoyable.
Nelia

]]> By: Joseph D. Spano http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/pisas-mathy-bonehead/#comment-3162 Joseph D. Spano Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:14:33 +0000 http://www.italiannotebook.com/?p=6773#comment-3162 More of such stories that touch life as this are needed...Dreamers are special as they have heart to move our hearts! More of such stories that touch life as this are needed…Dreamers are special as they have heart to move our hearts!

]]> By: Joe D'Agnese http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/pisas-mathy-bonehead/#comment-3161 Joe D'Agnese Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:53:41 +0000 http://www.italiannotebook.com/?p=6773#comment-3161 Thanks for these great comments! Forgive me for not mentioning Fibonacci's name, but believe it or not, he never used that name in real life. He went mostly by Leonardo Pisanus or Leonardo Bigollus. Later mathematicians of the 19th century coined the name "Fibonacci" from one of his other bylines, Leonardus filius Bonaccii---"son of Bonaccio," most likely. The book is published by an American publisher and is available online at bookstores eveyrwherei n the USA and online via mail-order booksellers. In Italy, look for it at the Almost Corner Bookshop, Via Del Moro, 45 in Rome. I don't know if Pisan booksellers are carrying it. Thanks. Joe Thanks for these great comments! Forgive me for not mentioning Fibonacci’s name, but believe it or not, he never used that name in real life. He went mostly by Leonardo Pisanus or Leonardo Bigollus. Later mathematicians of the 19th century coined the name “Fibonacci” from one of his other bylines, Leonardus filius Bonaccii—”son of Bonaccio,” most likely.

The book is published by an American publisher and is available online at bookstores eveyrwherei n the USA and online via mail-order booksellers. In Italy, look for it at the Almost Corner Bookshop, Via Del Moro, 45 in Rome. I don’t know if Pisan booksellers are carrying it.

Thanks.
Joe

]]> By: Pat Ceccarelli http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/pisas-mathy-bonehead/#comment-3160 Pat Ceccarelli Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:09:17 +0000 http://www.italiannotebook.com/?p=6773#comment-3160 I like this one!! Am forwarding it to my math friends here in UK- also will look up the book when I arrive in Pisa (hurrah!) this week- flights permitting. I like this one!! Am forwarding it to my math friends here in UK- also will look up the book when I arrive in Pisa (hurrah!) this week- flights permitting.

]]> By: Beth Anderson http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/pisas-mathy-bonehead/#comment-3159 Beth Anderson Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:55:50 +0000 http://www.italiannotebook.com/?p=6773#comment-3159 Excellent note - very interesting! Excellent note – very interesting!

]]> By: Diana http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/pisas-mathy-bonehead/#comment-3158 Diana Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:38:30 +0000 http://www.italiannotebook.com/?p=6773#comment-3158 I had a wonderful time with this! I thought it was so interesting that I looked up the author and the illustrator and saw the wonderful bookcover. But strangely the name of Fibonacci isn't mentioned in the Italian Notebook article. I had a wonderful time with this! I thought it was so interesting that I looked up the author and the illustrator and saw the wonderful bookcover. But strangely the name of Fibonacci isn’t mentioned in the Italian Notebook article.

]]> By: Evanne http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/pisas-mathy-bonehead/#comment-3157 Evanne Mon, 26 Apr 2010 08:36:58 +0000 http://www.italiannotebook.com/?p=6773#comment-3157 Bravo! This is the most amazing story I've read in I N. Can't wait to get the book...and to read it with our grand children. Many thanks. Bravo! This is the most amazing story I’ve read in I N. Can’t wait to get the book…and to read it with our grand children. Many thanks.

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