Heavenly mathematics : the forgotten art of spherical trigonometry / Glen Van Brummelen.
By: Van Brummelen, Glen.
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TextPublisher: Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, c2013Description: xvi, 192 p., [8] p. col. plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780691148922 (hardcover : alk. paper); 0691148929 (hardcover : alk. paper).Subject(s): Spherical trigonometry | TrigonometryDDC classification: 516.24
Contents:
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.
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| Book | Chennai Mathematical Institute General Stacks | 516.24 BRU (Browse shelf) | Available | 9401 |
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| 516.223 COL The Brauer-Grothendieck group / | 516.223 RIE On the hypotheses which lie at the bases of geometry / | 516.23 NOV Integrability, quantization, and geometry / II | 516.24 BRU Heavenly mathematics : the forgotten art of spherical trigonometry / | 516.3 JON Local analytic geometry : basic theory and applications/ | 516.309 BOY History of analytic geometry / | 516.35 ABH Ramification theoretic methods in algebraic geometry. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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. Gifted by Glen Van Brummelen