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"...
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press
cop. 2013
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
