Eli Maor

Broschiertes Buch

Trigonometric Delights

Beschreibung

A fun, entertaining exploration of the ideas and people behind the growth of trigonometryTrigonometry 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

Autor

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).

Produktdetails

• Princeton Science Library
• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• 3 ed
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 270g
• ISBN-13: 9780691202198
• ISBN-10: 0691202192
• Artikelnr.: 57748311