Category Archives: Luca Pacioli and Double Entry

Right now changes are afoot in our accounting systems which will affect the future of life on earth. Guardian journalist and activist George Monbiot wrote about them recently. And environmental campaigner Tony Juniper replied to him. And I’ve been talking about … Continue reading →

While I was in London I had a very entertaining conversation (from the new BBC studios) with David Kestenbaum and Jacob J Goldstein from Planet Money, National Public Radio USA, which they tell me has just gone up on the … Continue reading →

Yes, accounting does have a cutting edge. Yesterday I was part of a round table discussion on the future of accounting organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. It was called ‘Sustainability & accounting’ and the proceedings will … Continue reading →

Here’s the rest of the story of the Cubists and Luca Pacioli’s De divina proportion (‘Of the divine proportion’, 1509), his mystical treatise on maths, art and God illustrated by Leonardo da Vinci. As I said here on 12 March, … Continue reading →

This week I’m talking about Double Entry with economist Professor Geoff Harcourt – formerly of Cambridge University and currently a visiting professor at the University of New South Wales – who’s so fascinating that I’m posting the event details here. … Continue reading →

Yesterday while I was waiting in Brisbane’s flash new ABC studios for Conversations with Richard Fidler (a Renaissance man and maths nerd with the voice of Paul Robeson), a headline drifted across a television screen: Florence art sleuths find lost … Continue reading →

I’m heading to Brisbane tomorrow to talk about double entry on ABC radio’s Conversations with Richard Fidler, so once again I’m turning my mind to the man who started it all, Luca Pacioli. One of the many fascinating asides that … Continue reading →

The mysterious powers of mathematics and its application to art were favourite subjects in the court of Milan when Luca Pacioli and Leonardo da Vinci were there in the late 1490s – and they were the subject of Pacioli’s next … Continue reading →

Happy new year to you all! I’m back from my travels and blogging again. I discover on my return that the conversation about women’s writing continues, with Jane Sullivan’s excellent piece – ‘A woman’s place’ – featured in the Age … Continue reading →

And now, back to my travels in Italy researching the life of Fra Luca Pacioli and Double Entry. Soon after his cryptic portrait was painted, Luca Pacioli left Venice for Milan and it was to Milan that I travelled next. In … Continue reading →