Since man first looked towards the heavens, a great deal of effort has been put into trying to predict and explain the motions of the Sun, Moon and planets. Who... » 

Since man first looked towards the heavens, a great deal of effort has been put into trying to predict and explain the motions of the Sun, Moon and planets. Whole new mathematical disciplines, such as trigonometry were developed to aid astronomical calculations, breakthroughs in astronomy have been possible only because of progress in mathematics. «