The Doctrine of triangles (notice n° 10995)

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010 ## - ISBN
ISBN 9780691179414
099 ## - Informations locales
Type de document Monographie
101 0# - Langue
langue du document anglais
102 ## - Pays de publication ou de production
pays de publication États-Unis
200 1# - Titre
titre propre The Doctrine of triangles
complément du titre a history of modern trigonometry
Auteur Glen Van Brummelen
210 ## - Editeur
lieu de publication princeton
nom de l'éditeur Princeton University Press
date de publication 2021
215 ## - Description
Importance matérielle 1 vol. (xvi-372 p.)
autres carac. matérielles jaquette en coul., ill. en noir, fig.
format 24 cm
300 ## - Note
note An interdisciplinary history of trigonometry from the mid-sixteenth century to the early twentieth
330 ## - Résumé
Résumé he Doctrine of Triangles offers an interdisciplinary history of trigonometry that spans four centuries, starting in 1550 and concluding in the 1900s. Glen Van Brummelen tells the story of trigonometry as it evolved from an instrument for understanding the heavens to a practical tool, used in fields such as surveying and navigation. In Europe, China, and America, trigonometry aided and was itself transformed by concurrent mathematical revolutions, as well as the rise of science and technology.<br/><br/>Following its uses in mid-sixteenth-century Europe as the “foot of the ladder to the stars” and the mathematical helpmate of astronomy, trigonometry became a ubiquitous tool for modeling various phenomena, including animal populations and sound waves. In the late sixteenth century, trigonometry increasingly entered the physical world through the practical disciplines, and its societal reach expanded with the invention of logarithms. Calculus shifted mathematical reasoning from geometric to algebraic patterns of thought, and trigonometry’s participation in this new mathematical analysis grew, encouraging such innovations as complex numbers and non-Euclidean geometry. Meanwhile in China, trigonometry was evolving rapidly too, sometimes merging with indigenous forms of knowledge, and with Western discoveries. In the nineteenth century, trigonometry became even more integral to science and industry as a fundamental part of the science and engineering toolbox, and a staple subject in high school classrooms.<br/><br/>A masterful combination of scholarly rigor and compelling narrative, The Doctrine of Triangles brings trigonometry’s rich historical past full circle into the modern era.
606 ## - sujets
sujet Trigonométrie
subdivision du sujet Histoire
700 #1 - Auteur
auteur Van Brummelen
partie du nom autre que l'élément d'entrée Glen
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      Classification décimale Dewey 13/12/2021 IREM P7 IREM P7 Salle de lecture 13387 01.1 VAN 21 Empruntable Monographie

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