The Mathematics of the Heavens and the Earth: The Early History of Trigonometry
Glen Van Brummelen’s The Mathematics of the Heavens and the Earth examines the early history of trigonometry and its relationship to the mathematical study of the heavens and the earth. It offers a historically focused introduction to the development of an important mathematical subject.
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The Mathematics of the Heavens and the Earth explores the early history of trigonometry.
Glen Van Brummelen connects mathematical ideas with the study of the heavens and the earth.
The book presents trigonometry as a subject shaped by the needs and questions of earlier mathematical traditions.
Suitable for readers interested in mathematics, scientific history, and the development of foundational ideas.
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