Fibonacci - The Man Who Gave Us Zero

Send us Fan Mail Fibonacci is famous for rabbits. But that's not why he matters. His real name was Leonardo of Pisa. In 1202, he did something that quietly reshaped civilization: he taught Europe to count. He brought the Hindu-Arabic numerals, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, from the Islamic world to the West. Every price tag, every bank statement, every calculator you've ever used owes something to him. Medieval merchants using Roman numerals had no idea a better way existed. Leonardo learned ...