The Forgotten Art of Spherical Trigonometry
by
Glen Van Brummelen
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2012
Spherical trigonometry was at the heart of astronomy and ocean-going navigation for two millennia. The discipline was a mainstay of mathematics education for centuries, and it was a standard subject in high schools until the 1950s. Today, however, it is rarely taught. Heavenly Mathematics traces the...