Make: Trigonometry: Build your way from triangles to analytic geometry
About this ebook
The analytic geometry part of the book links equations to many of these intuitive concepts, which we explore through in-depth explanations of manipulative models of conic sections. This book is aimed at high school students who might be in Algebra II or Pre-Calculus. It shows the geometrical and practical sides of these topics that otherwise can drown in their own algebra.
Make: Trigonometry builds on the basics of the authors' earlier book, Make: Geometry, and is intended as a bridge from that book to their Make: Calculus book. The user can read this book and understand the concepts from the photographs of 3D printable models alone. However, since many models are puzzle-like, we encourage the reader to print the models on any consumer-grade filament based 3D printer. The models are available for download in a freely-available open source repository. They were created in the free program OpenSCAD, and can be 3D printed or modified by the student in OpenSCAD to learn a little coding along the way.
About the author
Joan Horvath is the co-founder of Nonscriptum, a consulting and training firm that teaches educators and scientists how to use maker tech. She is a recovering rocket scientist who spent 16 years at JPL and then another 20 as an entrepreneur. Joan is an alumna of MIT, and the co-author of Make: Geometry and Make: Calculus. She lives in Southern California.
Rich Cameron is the co-founder of Nonscriptum, a consulting and training firm that teaches educators and scientists how to use maker tech. He is an open-source 3D printer hacker who designed the RepRap Wallace and Bukito 3D printers, and the co-author of Make: Geometry and Make: Calculus. He lives in Southern California.
