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 traces the...
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| Natura: | Livre numérique |
| Lingua: | Anglais |
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Princeton ; NJ [u.a.] :
Princeton Univ. Press
2013.
Palo Alto, Calif : ebrary 2013. |
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès INSA CVL |
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Notes bibliogr. Index La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de 217 p. Cyberlibris (ScholarVox) corpus Sciences de l'ingénieur Cyberlibris (ScholarVox) corpus Sciences de l'ingénieur |
| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
Sommario:
- 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