Description
Product ID: | 9780691175997 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Title: | Heavenly Mathematics |
Subtitle: | The Forgotten Art of Spherical Trigonometry |
Authors: | Author: Glen Van Brummelen |
Page Count: | 216 |
Subjects: | Trigonometry, Trigonometry, History of mathematics, Astronomy, space and time, Navigation and seamanship, History of mathematics, Astronomy, space & time, Navigation & seamanship |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Heavenly Mathematics traces the rich history of spherical trigonometry, revealing how the cultures of classical Greece, medieval Islam, and the modern West used this forgotten art to chart the heavens and the Earth. Once at the heart of astronomy and ocean-going navigation for two millennia, the discipline was also a mainstay of mathematics educati |
Imprint Name: | Princeton University Press |
Publisher Name: | Princeton University Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2017-04-04 |