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Heavenly Mathematics : The Forgotten Art of Spherical Trigonometry /
Spherical trigonometry was at the heart of astronomy and ocean-going navigation for two millennia. The discipline was a mainstay of mathematics education for centuries, and it was a standard subject in high schools until the 1950s. Today, however, it is rarely taught. Heavenly Mathematics traces the...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
2013.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Heavenly mathematics
- Exploring the sphere
- The ancient approach
- The medieval approach
- The modern approach: right-angled triangles
- The modern approach: oblique triangles
- Areas, angles, and polyhedra
- Stereographic projection
- Navigation.