Trigonometry
A Very Short Introduction
$28.36
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
5 February 2020
Summary
Born of the desire to understand the workings of motions of the heavenly bodies, trigonometry gave the ancient Greeks the ability to predict their futures. Most of what we see of the subject in school comes from these heavenly origins; 15th century astronomer Regiomontanus called it “the foot of the ladder to the stars”.
In this Very Short Introduction Glen Van Brummelen shows how trigonometry connects mathematics to science, and has today become an indispensable tool in predicting cy…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198814313 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0198814313 |
| Author: | Glen Van Brummelen |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 5 February 2020 |
| Weight: | 146g |
| Dimensions: | 174mm x 111mm x 10mm |
| Series: | Very Short Introductions |
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Critics Review
A pleasure to read * Andrew Ruddle, Mathematics today *Non-superficiality, combined with the author’s specialised knowledge of historical material and examples not commonly found in other standard trigonometry texts, makes the book a worthwhile read for mathematical readers. * Viktor Blasjo, MathSciNet *
About The Author
Glen Van Brummelen
Glen Van Brummelen is Coordinator of mathematics at Quest University. He has served twice as President of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics. His books include The Mathematics of the Heavens and the Earth: The Early History of Trigonometry (Princeton, 2009) and Heavenly Mathematics: The Forgotten Art of Spherical Trigonometry (Princeton, 2013). Van Brummelen won the Haimo Award for Distinguished Teaching in 2016, and the following year won the 3M National Teaching Fellowship, Canada’s most prestigious award for educational leadership.
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