The Doctrine of Triangles: A History of Modern Trigonometry
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The Doctrine of Triangles: A History of Modern Trigonometry
By (Author) Glen Van Brummelen
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
1st December 2021
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
History of mathematics
Popular science
516.2409
Physical Properties
Hardback
392
Width 155mm, Height 235mm
Description
An interdisciplinary history of trigonometry from the mid-sixteenth century to the early twentieth The Doctrine of Triangles offers an interdisciplinary history of trigonometry that spans four centuries, starting in 1550 and concluding in the 1900s. Glen Van Brummelen tells the story of trigonometry as it evolved from an instrument for understan
Reviews
"Glen van Brummelen has prepared a highly recommended, accessible and definitive history of the subject that will serve as a resource for scholars for decades to come."---Daniel Otero, MAA Reviews
"
The Doctrine of Triangles is an informative and valuable reference work.
"---Wallace A Ferguson, Institute of Mathematics and its ApplicationsAuthor Bio
Glen Van Brummelen is dean of the faculty of natural and applied sciences at Trinity Western University, and a historian of mathematics and astronomy. His many books include The Mathematics of the Heavens and the Earth: The Early History of Trigonometry and Heavenly Mathematics: The Forgotten Art of Spherical Trigonometry (both Princeton).
