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Definition Of Honor

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The word Honor is defined in the dictionary to mean high respect; esteem. My definition of honor is a role model that I have high respect for because of the way he or she conducts their life. Leonardo Pisano, better known as Fibonacci, as he got older, was born in 1170 in Pisa which is a city in Italy. He was the son of Guilielmo and Alessandra Pisano. His mother, Alessandra, past away when he was only nine. With Fibonacci’s mother dead and being an only child, he followed wherever his father went. They spent time traveling between North Africa and Italy. Fibonacci had no formal education. He received his education through his travels.
One of his greatest accomplishments was the discovery of the Fibonacci Sequence. The Sequence is …show more content…

Like the Practica Geometriae. This book is about techniques in survey, the measurement and partition of areas and volumes, and other topics in practical geometry. Another book by Fibonacci is Flos which solved problems posed by Johannes of Palermo. Liber Quadratorum, written in 1225 AD, is a number theory book, which examines methods to find the Pythagorean Triples. Two of his books that were lost, they were Di minor guisa, and the Commentary on Book X of Euclid's Elements.
Some of Fibonacci’s awards were the statue that the republic of Pisa made for Fibonacci in the 19th Century, since he helped spread the arabic numeral system. The statue is in the city of Camposanto. He also got a salary for the arabic numeral system and the Fibonacci Sequence. The impact of Fibonacci’s work towards the world is that the Arabic numeral system has been used instead of the Roman Numerals. In addition, the impact the Fibonacci Sequence has had on the world to help us understand animal species. I do not think Fibonacci is a definition of honor to me, due to the fact that he is not a role model to me. I have respect for him and his wonderful contributions to math and science, however, he would not fit my criteria of

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