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[null,null,"Autore",null,"Mazer Arthur <1958->"]
[null,null,"Titolo",null,"The ellipse [[electronic resource] ] : a historical and mathematical journey / / Arthur Mazer"]
[null,null,"Pubbl/distr/stampa",null,"Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2010"]
[null,null,"ISBN",null,"1-283-20335-9"]
[{"$nulls":4},"9786613203359"]
[{"$nulls":4},"0-470-59103-X"]
[{"$nulls":4},"0-470-59102-1"]
[null,null,"Descrizione fisica",null,"1 online resource (320 p.)"]
[null,null,"Disciplina",null,"516.152"]
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[null,null,"Soggetti",null,"Ellipse"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Mathematics - History"]
[null,null,"Lingua di pubblicazione",null,"Inglese"]
[null,null,"Formato",null,"Materiale a stampa"]
[null,null,null,"Livello bibliografico","Monografia"]
[null,null,null,"Note generali","Description based upon print version of record."]
[null,null,null,"Nota di bibliografia","Includes bibliographical references and index."]
[null,null,"Nota di contenuto",null,"Introduction -- The trail : starting out -- The space : geometry -- The language : algebra -- The universal tool : trigonometry -- The slayer : calculus -- Eight minutes that changed history."]
[null,null,null,"Sommario/riassunto","Explores the development of the ellipse and presents mathematical concepts within a rich, historical context The Ellipse features a unique, narrative approach when presenting the development of this mathematical fixture, revealing its parallels to mankind's advancement from the Counter-Reformation to the Enlightenment. Incorporating illuminating historical background and examples, the author brings together basic concepts from geometry, algebra, trigonometry, and calculus to uncover the ellipse as the shape of a planet's orbit around the sun.  The book begins with a discus"]