Eli Maor
Encyclopedia
Eli Maor, an Israel-born historian of mathematics, is the author of several books about the history of mathematics. Eli Maor received his PhD at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. He teaches the history of mathematics at Loyola University Chicago
. Maor was the editor of the article on trigonometry
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Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University Chicago is a private Jesuit research university located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1870 under the title St...
. Maor was the editor of the article on trigonometry
Trigonometry
Trigonometry is a branch of mathematics that studies triangles and the relationships between their sides and the angles between these sides. Trigonometry defines the trigonometric functions, which describe those relationships and have applicability to cyclical phenomena, such as waves...
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Selected works
- To Infinity and Beyond: A Cultural History of the Infinite, 1991, Princeton University PressPrinceton University Press-Further reading:* "". Artforum International, 2005.-External links:* * * * *...
. ISBN 978-0691025117 - e:The story of a Number, by Eli Maor, Princeton University Press (Princeton, New Jersey) (1994) ISBN 0-691-05854-7
- Venus in Transit, 2000, Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-04874-6
- Trigonometric Delights, Princeton University Press, 2002 ISBN 0691095418. Ebook version, in PDF format, full text presented.
- The Pythagorean Theorem: A 4,000-Year History, 2007, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0-691-12526-8
- The Facts on File Calculus Handbook (Facts on File, 2003), 2005, Checkmark Books, an encyclopedia of calculus concepts geared for high school and college students