The Humanist Community in Silicon Valley presents
Humanist Community Forum
Leonardo and Steve: The Young Genius Who Beat Apple to Market by 800 Years
- When
- Sun Jan 20, 2013
- Where
- Palo Alto High School
- Time
- 11 a.m. until 12:15 p.m.
- Tags
- Conferences, Religion, Spirituality
Description
The first personal computing revolution took place not in Silicon Valley in the 1980s but in Pisa in the 13th Century. The medieval counterpart to Steve Jobs was a young Italian called Leonardo, better known today by the nickname Fibonacci. Thanks to a recently discovered manuscript in a library in Florence, the story of how this little known genius came to launch the modern commercial world can now be told.Dr. Keith Devlin (Executive Director, H-STAR Institute, Stanford University) will present this talk which will be based on his latest book The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci’s Arithmetical Revolution (Walker & Co, July 2011) and his co-published companion e-book Leonardo and Steve: The Young Genius Who Beat Apple to Market by 800 Years.
More Info
- Link
- http://www.humanists.org
- Call
- 650-964-7576
- Contact Form (account required)
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