As a young boy in medieval Italy, Leonardo Fibonacci thought about numbers night and day.
The boy who was once teased for being a blockhead had discovered what came to be known as the Fibonacci Sequence! Blockhead is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children\'s Book of the Year..
Then he realized that many things in nature, from the number of petals on a flower to the spiral of a nautilus shell, seem to follow a certain pattern.
When Leonardo grew up and traveled the world, he was inspired by the numbers used in different countries.
He was such a daydreamer that people called him a blockhead.
As a young boy in medieval Italy, Leonardo Fibonacci thought about numbers day and night.
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However, when he grows up, he becomes a brilliant mathematician who discovers the Fibonacci sequence.
He was such a daydreamer that people called him a blockhead.
As a young boy in medieval Italy, Leonardo Fibonacci thought about numbers night and day