The mathematics of the heavens and the Earth : the early history of trigonometry / Glen van Brummelen.
Pubblicazione:
Princeton : Princeton university press, c2009.
Descrizione fisica:
XVII, 329 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Preface. The ancient heavens. 1. Precursors 2. Alexandrian Greece 3. India 4. Islam 5. The West to 1550. Concluding remarks. Bibliography. Index
