The Mathematics of the Heavens and the Earth: The Early History of Trigonometry - Glen Van Brummelen - Books - Princeton University Press - 9780691129730 - January 25, 2009
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Glen Van Brummelen
The Mathematics of the Heavens and the Earth: The Early History of Trigonometry

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Presents the history in English of the origins and early development of trigonometry. This book identifies the earliest known trigonometric precursors in ancient Egypt, Babylon, and Greece, and examines the revolutionary discoveries of Hipparchus. It traces trigonometry's development into a full-fledged mathematical discipline in India and Islam.

352 pages, 16 halftones. 109 line illus. 1 table.

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released January 25, 2009
ISBN13 9780691129730
Publishers Princeton University Press
Pages 352
Dimensions 165 × 241 × 27 mm   ·   642 g
Language English  

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