The Mathematics of the Heavens and the Earth
The Early History of Trigonometry
The Mathematics of the Heavens and the Earth is the first major history in English of the origins and early development of trigonometry. Glen Van Brummelen identifies the earliest known trigonometric precursors in ancient Egypt, Babylon, and Greece, and he examines the revolutionary discoveries of Hipparchus, the Greek astronomer believed to have been the first to make systematic use of trigonometry in the second century BC while studying the motions of the stars. The book traces trigonometry's development into a full-fledged mathematical discipline in India and Islam; explores its applications to such areas as geography and seafaring navigat…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-691-12973-0
- EAN: 9780691129730
- Produktnummer: 4316888
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 350 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D2.3 cm 707 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken mit Schutzumschlag
- Gewicht: 707
Über den Autor
Glen Van Brummelen is professor of mathematics at Quest University Canada. He is the coeditor of Mathematics and the Historian's Craft and the coauthor of Calculus Explorations Powered by Technology: Tales of History and Imagination.
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