Geometry for Dummies

by Wendy Arnone

Book Overview

You know that geometry is a math thing, right? You remember that much from school. You also probably remember that it has something to do with circles, squares, diameters, angles, and all those other terms that floated in (and probably right out of ) your head as you were cramming for all those geometry tests way back when. But your math teacher probably never told you that you'd actually use that stuff in real life - if he had, maybe you would have...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764553240
• ISBN13: 9780764553240
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: For Dummies
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Simple yet Effective

This is a book written in simple terms and explanations about Geometry. It is not a deep venture into the subject but is meant to be a thought provoking tool to stimulate detuctive reasoning and apply logic to material presnted in this book. This is a starting point for the person who knows very little about Geometry but is going to delve into it.

Great for Home schoolers

I got this book for our son, who home schools and wanted to study Geometry. Since I am mathematically dysfunctional, I ordered it for him. It's great; easy to understand, fun to use, and full of great humor. He loves it. Maybe when he's done with it, I'll use it myself!

A Textbook, with a tinge of humour

If you want to learn about geometry, but don't want to look through a thick, school like textbook, this is the perfect book! For every theorem or postulate this book teaches about, right next to it is a short explanation along with a simple diagram used as an example.This book goes from simple geometry, all the way into a bit of trigonometry.It is basically like a textbook, but with lots of humour and simple explanations that separates it from the rest of the other geometry books. This book probably covers everything that is taught in 10th Grade, but without all the exercises.It teaches and explains geometry, but if you are looking for a book full of exercises, this is not the book for you. It should give us more problems or equations to solve, and that is why it lacks 5-stars. That is its only downfall. If you are reading this before you get into geometry, be prepared to know all the material and be bored to death. This is not exactly a bad thing though :) .

Thanks Amazon[.com]

I was surfing the web, beacuase I am a computer programmer of old and know all about webspace and word processing and things. Well, anyway I found this book very helpful, especially for teaching other people, something I find very challenging. I have always been a struggler when it comes to maths and as a general rule didn't understand a word of it. But now I can get up in front of my class with confidence and teach them about squares and triangles and things without having to send people out the room for doing nothing.

Making the DRY drinkable

I recall with anguish over 37 years ago, my 10th grade geometry class, dry as a Wadi in the Sahara. I slept through the first course obtaining a grade worthy of my snoring through an hour a day of irrelevance. Today some math teachers are asking why math has to be dull or academic. This book is one which revives my faith a math teacher may indeed have real blood pumping in their veins. This book I'd recommend to some teenagers and more so for adults, those 18 years and up who slept through geometry in high school.I also recommend the basics of geometry start in school much earlier than grade 10.I suspect however geomerty and real dummies don't mix well. Read this book and surprise yourself, maybe you're not a dummie after all.