Leonardo Pisano "Fibonacci"

Leonardo was born sometime in 1175 and died and died sometime in 1250.

Leonardo Fibonacci's Childhood

Leonardo was born in 1175 in the Republic of Pisa which is now Italy. His father was a wealthy merchant who directed a trading post in Bugia, but there is not any information on his mother. As a young boy Fibonacci traveled with his father to different trading post and met different merchants where he learned many forms of math.

Education

As a young boy when Leonardo would travel to different countries with his father and learn their mathematical systems. Leonardo started loving mathematics from a young age so he had an easy grasp on learning different mathematical subjects. When he got his love for math he pursued it and later became a mathematician and philosopher.

3 Contributions

1.Leonardo Fibonacci discovered a new number sequence which he laster call the Fibonacci sequence.

2.Leonardo also discovered the mathematical relationship of "phi" aka the golden ratio phi=1.618

3.Leonardo examined the system of root extraction which led to other mathematicians using his discoveries to create many mathematicals problems being created