Doctrine of Triangles
A History of Modern Trigonometry
An interdisciplinary history of trigonometry from the mid-sixteenth century to the early twentiethThe Doctrine of Triangles offers an interdisciplinary history of trigonometry that spans four centuries, starting in 1550 and concluding in the 1900s. Glen Van Brummelen tells the story of trigonometry as it evolved from an instrument for understanding the heavens to a practical tool, used in fields such as surveying and navigation. In Europe, China, and America, trigonometry aided and was itself transformed by concurrent mathematical revolutions, as well as the rise of science and technology.Following its uses in mid-sixteenth-century Europe as…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-691-21987-5
- EAN: 9780691219875
- Produktnummer: 36087568
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 392 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 0 KB
Über den Autor
Glen Van Brummelen is dean of the faculty of natural and applied sciences at Trinity Western University, and a historian of mathematics and astronomy. His many books include The Mathematics of the Heavens and the Earth: The Early History of Trigonometry and Heavenly Mathematics: The Forgotten Art of Spherical Trigonometry (both Princeton).
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