Heavenly mathematics [[electronic resource] ] : the forgotten art of spherical trigonometry / / Glen Van Brummelen |
Autore | Van Brummelen Glen |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
Disciplina | 516.24 |
Soggetto topico |
Spherical trigonometry
Trigonometry |
Soggetto non controllato |
Abū 'l-Wafā
Abū Mahmūd al-Khujandī Abū Nasr Mansūr ibn 'Alī ibn 'Irāq Abū Sahl al-Kūhī Albert Girard B. M. Brown Cesàro method Christopher Columbus Claudius Ptolemy Earth Elements Georg Rheticus Giuseppe Cesàro Hipparchus of Rhodes Islam Islamic religious rituals John Harrison John Napier Law of Cosines Law of Sines Leonhard Euler Mathematical Collection Mecca Menelaus of Alexandria Menelaus's Theorem Moon Napier's Rules Opus palatinum Planisphere Ptolemy Pythagorean Theorem Rule of Four Quantities Sphaerica Sun acute-angled triangle angle area astrolabe astronomical triangle astronomy cartography celestial motion celestial sphere chronometer classical Greece dead reckoning ecliptic equatorial coordinates geography locality principle logarithms marteloio mathematics method of Saint Hilaire navigation oblique triangle pentagramma mirificum planar Law of Sines plane trigonometry planets polygon polyhedron qibla regular polyhedron right-angled triangle rising time sphere spherical Law of Sines spherical astronomy spherical geometry spherical triangle spherical trigonometry star stars stereographic projection table of sine theorems triangle trigonometric table trigonometry |
ISBN |
1-299-05125-1
1-4008-4480-0 |
Classificazione | SN 100 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786023403321 |
Van Brummelen Glen | ||
Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Heavenly mathematics : the forgotten art of spherical trigonometry / / Glen Van Brummelen |
Autore | Van Brummelen Glen |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
Disciplina | 516.24 |
Soggetto topico |
Spherical trigonometry
Trigonometry |
Soggetto non controllato |
Abū 'l-Wafā
Abū Mahmūd al-Khujandī Abū Nasr Mansūr ibn 'Alī ibn 'Irāq Abū Sahl al-Kūhī Albert Girard B. M. Brown Cesàro method Christopher Columbus Claudius Ptolemy Earth Elements Georg Rheticus Giuseppe Cesàro Hipparchus of Rhodes Islam Islamic religious rituals John Harrison John Napier Law of Cosines Law of Sines Leonhard Euler Mathematical Collection Mecca Menelaus of Alexandria Menelaus's Theorem Moon Napier's Rules Opus palatinum Planisphere Ptolemy Pythagorean Theorem Rule of Four Quantities Sphaerica Sun acute-angled triangle angle area astrolabe astronomical triangle astronomy cartography celestial motion celestial sphere chronometer classical Greece dead reckoning ecliptic equatorial coordinates geography locality principle logarithms marteloio mathematics method of Saint Hilaire navigation oblique triangle pentagramma mirificum planar Law of Sines plane trigonometry planets polygon polyhedron qibla regular polyhedron right-angled triangle rising time sphere spherical Law of Sines spherical astronomy spherical geometry spherical triangle spherical trigonometry star stars stereographic projection table of sine theorems triangle trigonometric table trigonometry |
ISBN |
1-299-05125-1
1-4008-4480-0 |
Classificazione | SN 100 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824624103321 |
Van Brummelen Glen | ||
Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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