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082			_a516.242 MAO
100	1		_aMaor, Eli.
245	1	0	_aTrigonometric delights / _cEli Maor
260			_aHimayatnagar : _bPrinceton University Press, _c2000.
263			_a1303
300			_axiv, 236 p. : _bill. ; _c24.1 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliography and index.
520			_aFrom 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.
650			_aTrigonometry. _vMathematics _xHistory.
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