Book ID: CBB000950326

The Mathematics of the Heavens and the Earth: The Early History of Trigonometry (2009)

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Brummelen, Glen Van (Author)


Princeton University Press


Publication Date: 2009
Physical Details: xvii + 329 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Review Steele, John (2010) Review of "The Mathematics of the Heavens and the Earth: The Early History of Trigonometry". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences. unapi

Review Wepster, Steven (2010) Review of "The Mathematics of the Heavens and the Earth: The Early History of Trigonometry". Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (p. 156). unapi

Review Montelle, Clemency; Clark, Kathleen M. (2010) Review of "The Mathematics of the Heavens and the Earth: The Early History of Trigonometry". Aestimatio: Critical Reviews in the History of Science (p. 1). unapi

Review Duke, Dennis (2010) Review of "The Mathematics of the Heavens and the Earth: The Early History of Trigonometry". Journal for the History of Astronomy (p. 123). unapi

Review Knudsen, Toke; Johansen, Mikkel Willum; Byrne, James (2012) Review of "The Mathematics of the Heavens and the Earth: The Early History of Trigonometry". British Society for the History of Mathematics Bulletin (p. 183). unapi

Review Evans, James (2013) Review of "The Mathematics of the Heavens and the Earth: The Early History of Trigonometry". Historia Mathematica (pp. 324-325). unapi

Review Montelle, Clemency; Clark, Kathleen M. (2010) Review of "The Mathematics of the Heavens and the Earth: The Early History of Trigonometry". Aestimatio: Critical Reviews in the History of Science (p. 1). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Jones, Alexander
Brummelen, Glen Van
Guichard, Luis Arturo
García Alonso, Juan Luis
Schiefsky, Mark
Knox-Johnston, Robin
Concepts
Astronomy
Mathematics
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Trigonometry
Medicine
Time Periods
Ancient
Medieval
Renaissance
Early modern
Modern
10th century
Places
Greece
Egypt
India
Middle and Near East
China
Rome (Italy)
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