Trigonometric delights /
Maor, Eli.
Trigonometric delights / Eli Maor - Himayatnagar : Princeton University Press, 2000. - xiv, 236 p. : ill. ; 24.1 cm.
Includes bibliography and index.
From the earliest known trigonometric table, carved on a clay tablet by an unknown Babylonian scholar, to Fourier's famous theorem, which finally explained the source of musical harmony, here is a rich tapestry of almost four thousand years of trigonometric history.
8173712069
Trigonometry.--History.--Mathematics
516.242 MAO
Trigonometric delights / Eli Maor - Himayatnagar : Princeton University Press, 2000. - xiv, 236 p. : ill. ; 24.1 cm.
Includes bibliography and index.
From the earliest known trigonometric table, carved on a clay tablet by an unknown Babylonian scholar, to Fourier's famous theorem, which finally explained the source of musical harmony, here is a rich tapestry of almost four thousand years of trigonometric history.
8173712069
Trigonometry.--History.--Mathematics
516.242 MAO