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Trigonometric Delights
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Trigonometric Delights
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Eli Maor
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| Series | Princeton Science Library |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:256 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140 |
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| Category/Genre | History of mathematics
Popular science |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780691202198
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| Classifications | Dewey:516.242 |
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| Edition |
3rd edition
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| Illustrations |
107 b/w illus.
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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| Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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| Publication Date |
7 April 2020 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
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).
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