Glen Van Brummelen

Heavenly Mathematics

The Forgotten Art of Spherical Trigonometry

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 154mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 344g
• ISBN-13: 9780691175997
• ISBN-10: 0691175993
• Artikelnr.: 45791908

Autorenporträt

Glen Van Brummelen is coordinator of mathematics at Quest University Canada and former president of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics. He won the 2016 Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics, awarded by the Mathematical Association of America, and the 2017 3M National Teaching Fellowship, awarded by the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

Rezensionen

"A no-nonsense introduction to spherical trigonometry."--Book News, Inc.