Trigonometric Delights

By:

Eli Maor

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Series:

Princeton science library

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A fun, entertaining exploration of the ideas and people behind the growth of trigonometry Trigonometry has a reputation as a dry, difficult branch of mathematics, a glorified form of geometry complicated by tedious computation. In Trigonometric Delights, Eli Maor dispels this view. Rejecting the usual descriptions of sine, cosine, and their trig

Author Biography:

Eli Maor is a former professor of the history of mathematics at Loyola University Chicago. His books include the internationally acclaimed To Infinity and Beyond, e: The Story of a Number, The Pythagorean Theorem: A 4,000-Year History, and Music by the Numbers (all Princeton).

Release date NZ

April 7th, 2020

Author

Eli Maor

Series

Princeton science library

Pages

256

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Illustrations

107 b/w illus.

ISBN-13

9780691202198

Product ID

31454038

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