Injury prevention strategies cover a variety of approaches, many of which are classified as falling under the â3 Eâsâ of injury prevention: education, engineering modifications, and enforcement/enactment.
Lived c. 1170 â c. 1245. Fibonacci was the greatest Western mathematician of the Middle Ages. In the absence of his contributions, the scientific revolution started by Nicolaus Copernicus in 1543 would not have been possible. Fibonacci introduced the modern number system to the West, which ultimately allowed science and mathematics to flourish.
Fibonacci popularized the HinduâArabic numeral system to the Western World primarily through his composition in 1202 of Liber Abaci (Book of Calculation). He also introduced Europe to the sequence of Fibonacci numbers, which he used as an example in Liber Abaci.