Talk:Trigonometry/Introduction

Hey someone please link that last sentence to the wikipedia, i dont know how? bananaclaw 09:01, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * You just add a standard link to wikipedia's page on the subject. Programmermatt 20:38, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

According to the Wikipedia article on Sexagesimal, it was the ancient Sumerians who first invented it, not the Greeks. Is this correct? Gotsomeideas (talk) 21:17, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

James.Spudemann made a HUGE edit where he changed the nature of the introduction. An introduction should, I think, promote eagerness in the reader to learn the subject, but I don't think the new introduction does that. I'll change the introduction with this in mind. 79.79.171.154 (talk) 10:19, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

I agree that was a hugely significant edit. It lost some important content and changed the book's tone. I feel that for someone wanting to learn trigonometry the original introduction, before James.Spademann's historical notes, was way better. This is in fact a general problem with how the book is shaping up. It's becoming less suitable for someone learning how to do trigonometry. I am adding back the lost material and making the historical background something readers are more likely to skip over on a first reading. JamesCrook (talk) 12:31, 12 October 2010 (UTC)