Double Entry: How the Merchants of Venice Created Modern Finance

by Jane Gleeson-White

Book Overview

Filled with colorful characters and history, Double Entry takes us from the ancient origins of accounting in Mesopotamia to the frontiers of modern finance. At the heart of the story is double-entry bookkeeping: the first system that allowed merchants to actually measure the worth of their businesses. Luca Pacioli--monk, mathematician, alchemist, and friend of Leonardo da Vinci--incorporated Arabic mathematics to formulate a system that could work...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393346595
• ISBN13: 9780393346596
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.2"