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Thinking Geometrically
Thomas Sibley
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Description for Thinking Geometrically
Hardcover. Series: Mathematical Association of America Textbooks. BIC Classification: PBP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
This is a self-contained, comprehensive survey of college geometry that can serve a wide variety of courses for students of both mathematics and mathematics education. The text develops visual insights and geometric intuition while stressing the logical structure, historical development, and deep interconnectedness of the ideas. Chapter topics include Euclidean geometry, axiomatic systems and models, analytic geometry, transformational geometry, symmetry, non-Euclidean geometry, projective geometry, finite geometry, differential geometry, and discrete geometry. The different chapters are as independent as possible, while the text still manages to highlight the many connections between topics. Appendices include material from Euclid's first book, as well ... Read more
This is a self-contained, comprehensive survey of college geometry that can serve a wide variety of courses for students of both mathematics and mathematics education. The text develops visual insights and geometric intuition while stressing the logical structure, historical development, and deep interconnectedness of the ideas. Chapter topics include Euclidean geometry, axiomatic systems and models, analytic geometry, transformational geometry, symmetry, non-Euclidean geometry, projective geometry, finite geometry, differential geometry, and discrete geometry. The different chapters are as independent as possible, while the text still manages to highlight the many connections between topics. Appendices include material from Euclid's first book, as well ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Mathematical Association of America United States
Condition
New
Series
Mathematical Association of America Textbooks
Number of Pages
509
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9781939512086
SKU
V9781939512086
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Ref
99-1
About Thomas Sibley
Thomas Q. Sibley is a Professor of Mathematics at Saint John's University, Minnesota. He has taught mathematics in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Liberia as well as in the USA, and has received several teaching awards, including the Distinguished Teaching Award from the MAA, North Central Section (2003). He is a member of the American Mathematical Society, the ... Read more
Reviews for Thinking Geometrically
This also visually very appealing book offers a wealth of geometric information together with the historical background. The author takes the reader onto a long and engrossing journey to 11 well-selected basic sites of classical and modern geometry. Geometric intuition and facility in proofs are developed. Visualization by the use of dynamic geometry software is included in many exercises and ... Read more