Great Thinkers, Great Theorems

Heron's Formula for Triangular Area (1x8)

Fecha de emisión: Ene 01, 2010

Heron of Alexandria (also called Hero) is known as the inventor of a proto-steam engine many centuries before the Industrial Revolution. Discover that he was also a great mathematician who devised a curious method for determining the area of a triangle from the lengths of its three sides.