Daily Archive for September 16th, 2005

Is Trigonometry Obsolete?

Can you imagine a world without tangents? According to Dr. Norman Wildberger the traditional way we “do” trigonometry is outdated. He’s on a mission to replace the conventional trigonometric toolkit that consists of sines and cosines. In this article, Dr. Wildberger explains: Generations of students have struggled with classical trigonometry because the framework is wrong [...]