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The doctrine of triangles : a history of modern trigonometry / / Glen Van Brummelen
The doctrine of triangles : a history of modern trigonometry / / Glen Van Brummelen
Autore Van Brummelen Glen
Pubbl/distr/stampa Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , [2021]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (xvi, 372 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina 516.240903
Soggetto topico Trigonometry - History
Soggetto non controllato Anton von Braunmühl
CORDIC
Chinese mathematicians
Chinese trigonometry
Eli Maor
Erasmus Reinhold
Euler
Fourier series
Hipparchus
Jesuit mathematicians
Jesuits
Regiomontanus
Rheticus
Srinivasa Ramanujan
Thomas Fincke
Trigonometric Delights
differential equations
gradians
haversines
history of mathematics
history of science
hyperbolic trigonometry
law of tangents
math pedagogy
mathematical analysis
mathematical education
oscillatory phenomena
plane astronomy
radians
spherical astronomy
versines
ISBN 9780691219875
0691219877
0-691-21987-7
9780691179414
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- ; 1. European Trigonometry Comes of Age -- ; 2. Logarithms -- ; 3. Calculus -- ; 4. China -- ; 5. Europe After Euler -- Bibliography -- Index.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910554493703321
Van Brummelen Glen  
Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , [2021]
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Heavenly mathematics [[electronic resource] ] : the forgotten art of spherical trigonometry / / Glen Van Brummelen
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 genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-299-05125-1
1-4008-4480-0
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-9910463091703321
Van Brummelen Glen  
Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2013
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Heavenly mathematics [[electronic resource] ] : the forgotten art of spherical trigonometry / / Glen Van Brummelen
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
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Heavenly mathematics : the forgotten art of spherical trigonometry / / Glen Van Brummelen
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
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui