degrees and radians.

[Greg Ewing]

Robert George Mayer wrote:
> 
> I find that it help to curse the Babylonian astronomers while
> putting all the conversions in place.

You can make both these tasks a litte easier
using the following handy function:

  def curse_babylonian_astronomers(d):
    import math
    return d * math.pi / 180.0

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