Description: Trigonometry : A Very Short Introduction, Paperback by Van Brummelen, Glen, ISBN 0198814313, ISBN-13 9780198814313, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Born of the desire to understand the workings of motions of the heavenly bodies, trigonometry gave the ancient Greeks the ability to predict their futures. Most of what we see of the subject in school comes from these heavenly origins; 15th century astronomer Regiomontanus called it "the foot
of the ladder to the stars."
In this Very Short Introduction Glen Van Brummelen shows how trigonometry connects mathematics to science, and has today become an indispensable tool in predicting cyclic patterns like animal populations and ocean tides. Its historical journey through major cultures such as medieval India and the
Islamic World has taken it through disciplines such as geography and even religious practice. Trigonometry has also been a major player in the most startling mathematical developments of the modern world. Its interactions with the concept of infinity led to Taylor and Fourier series, some of the
most practical tools of modern science. The birth of complex numbers led to a shocking union of exponential and trigonometric functions, creating the most beautiful formulas and powerful modelling tools in science. Finally, as Van Brummelen shows, trigonometry allows us to explore the strange new
worlds of non-Euclidean geometries, opening up bizarre possibilities for the shape of space itself. And indeed, one of those new geometries - spherical - takes us full circle back to ancient Greek astronomers and European navigators, who first used it to chart their ways across the heavens and the
earth.
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Book Title: Trigonometry : A Very Short Introduction
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
Publication Name: Trigonometry : a Very Short Introduction
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Subject: General, Trigonometry
Publication Year: 2020
Item Height: 0.4 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 5.2 Oz
Author: Glen Van Brummelen
Subject Area: Mathematics
Item Length: 6.9 in
Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Item Width: 4.4 in
Format: Trade Paperback
