Heavenly mathematics the forgotten art of spherical trigonometry /

Main Author: Van Brummelen, Glen.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2013.
Subjects:
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10634616
Table of 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.