Trigonometry - (Gelfand Mathematical Seminar) by I M Gelfand & Mark Saul (Paperback)

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About the Book Replete with illustrations and examples, this book covers all the basic topics of trigonometry and stimulates readers to think of mathematics as a unified subject. Definitions of trigonometric functions are geometrically motivated, and various geometric relationships are rewritten in trigonometric form and extended. The text is written by two experienced pre-college teachers, one of whom, I.M. Gelfand, is considered the most distinguished living mathematician. 6/99. Book Synopsis "The idea behind teaching is to expect students to learn why things are true, rather than have them memorize ways of solving a few problems, as most of our books have done. [This] same philosophy lie…