Geometry: A model of the universe

by Alan R. Hoffer

Book Overview

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• Format: Textbook Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201029588
• ISBN13: 9780201029581
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• Length: 564 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Different, but Excellent

This book is very unique in the way it teaches geometry. It teaches almost the entire course twice. The first time, it focuses on helping the student to understand the concepts and to use the concepts to solve problems. On the second "trip," it focuses on proving everything it taught on the first journey. Students really master the material this way! The other aspect that makes this book better is that it uses four different methods of proof: synthetic, transformational, coordinate, and vector. Students learn a lot more this way, and they learn when to use each approach to make their work go the smoothest. The book might just be the best one every published.