In “Love Triangle: How Trigonometry Shapes the World,” Matt Parker recounts, for instance, how computers were a “game-changer in the field of shape finding.” ...

I'm talking about trigonometry, of course: that bastion of angles and triangles that is essential to calculating velocity, momentum, and much more.

Looking for more revision? There are videos, diagrams and more on calculating the area of a triangle using trigonometry in this National 5 Maths guide. National 5 Maths - Calculating the area of a ...

With all due respect to Pythagoras, newly uncovered evidence suggests that his famous theorem, used to calculate the lengths of each side of a right triangle, might be 1,000 years older than him ...

A 3,700-year old Babylonian clay tablet reveals an ancient method of constructing right-angled triangles that makes it the world’s oldest and most accurate trigonometric table.

Luckily, triangles survived nonetheless—and thrived. In “Love Triangle: How Trigonometry Shapes the World,” Matt Parker recounts, for instance, how computers were a “game-changer in the ...