Textbook on Spherical Astronomy

Textbook on Spherical Astronomy
Author: W. M. Smart
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 452
Release: 1977-07-07
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780521291804

This new revision of a standard work gives a general but comprehensive introduction to positional astronomy. Useful for researchers as well as undergraduates.

ARS Journal

ARS Journal
Author: American Rocket Society
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1832
Release: 1961
Genre: Airplanes
ISBN:

Heavenly Mathematics

Heavenly Mathematics
Author: Glen Van Brummelen
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2017-04-04
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0691175993

"Spherical trigonometry was at the heart of astronomy and ocean-going navigation for two millennia. The discipline was a mainstay of mathematics education for centuries, and it was a standard subject in high schools until the 1950s. Today, however, it is rarely taught. Heavenly Mathematics traces the rich history of this forgotten art, revealing how the cultures of classical Greece, medieval Islam, and the modern West used spherical trigonometry to chart the heavens and the Earth."--Jacket.