- Paperback: 408 pages
- Publisher: Addison Wesley; 2 edition (July 16 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0136020585
- ISBN-13: 978-0136020585
- Product Dimensions: 25.1 x 20.1 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 544 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #535,768 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Foundations of Geometry, Second Edition is written to help enrich the education of all mathematics majors and facilitate a smooth transition into more advanced mathematics courses. The text also implements the latest national standards and recommendations regarding geometry for the preparation of high school mathematics teachers—and encourages students to make connections between their college courses and classes they will later teach. This text's coverage begins with Euclid's Elements, lays out a system of axioms for geometry, and then moves on to neutral geometry, Euclidian and hyperbolic geometries from an axiomatic point of view, and then non-Euclidean geometry. Good proof-writing skills are emphasized, along with a historical development of geometry. The Second Edition streamlines and reorganizes material in order to reach coverage of neutral geometry as early as possible, adds more exercises throughout, and facilitates use of the open-source software Geogebra.
This text is ideal for an undergraduate course in axiomatic geometry for future high school geometry teachers, or for any student who has not yet encountered upper-level math, such as real analysis or abstract algebra. It assumes calculus and linear algebra as prerequisites.
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An excellent read., Feb 6 2005
By Leroy E. Strong "math critic" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Foundations of Geometry (Paperback)
This book is by far one of the leading texts in geometry. It contains interesting historical facts as well as an outstanding approach to proofs in an axiomatic system. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in pursuing a rigorous endeavor into geometry.
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Great for Geometry High Schools Teachers, July 15 2008
By Carlos A. Rodriguez "CRod Math" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Foundations of Geometry (Paperback)
This is a book for a person who wants to know the real proofs of the things they are teaching in high school geometry. You could teach yourself many of these proofs and it also offers great references which one could find in case of any confusion.
1 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Not Helpful, Dec 18 2009
By LF - Published on Amazon.com
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This book was not as helpful as I had hoped. It's written very differently from other math textbooks.
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