Van Brummelen, Glen.

The mathematics of the heavens and the earth: the early history of trigonometry/ Early history of trigonometry Glen van Brummelen. - Oxford; Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2009. - xvii, 329 p.: ill.; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-322) and index.

The Ancient Heavens : Precursors -- Alexandrian Greece -- India -- Islam -- The West to 1550.

9780691129730 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0691129738 (hbk. : alk. paper)

2008032521


Trigonometry--History.
Mathematics--History.
Trigonometrie.

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