Heavenly Mathematics
Glen Van Brummelen
Princeton University Press, 2017
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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
- ISBN-13
- 9780691175997
- ISBN-10
- 0691175993
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Year
- 2017
- Publication date
- 2017-04-04
- Pages
- 216
- Dimensions
- 236x156x16
- Weight
- 366