Geometry: A High School Course

by Serge Lang and Gene Murrow

Book Overview

At last: geometry in an exemplary, accessible and attractive form The authors emphasise both the intellectually stimulating parts of geometry and routine arguments or computations in concrete or classical cases, as well as practical and physical applications. They also show students the fundamental concepts and the difference between important results and minor technical routines. Altogether, the text presents a coherent high school curriculum for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387966544
• ISBN13: 9780387966540
• Release Date: August 1988
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Euclid woud be proud!

Geometry was what got me into mathematics, along with abstract algebra, and if I had this book when I was first learning it I would have become a geometer. I recommend the use of this book with another to complement it. The other I'm talking about is of course Gelfand's Geometry book. I think that if one were to use both books, they would have a better understanding and appreciation for the subject. But hey... That's my take

excellent introduction to geometry as a segue into higher mathematics

Serge Lang needs no introduction as a mathematician or a writer of mathematics. Some of his books are excellent and some are less well written. This book is well written- it is clear, it is logical, and it tries to explain/motivate the important ideas of the book. I used it to teach my daughter geometry and found it well organized with an adequate number of exercises. What I liked best about it was that one can consider it as an introduction to mathematical thinking. By that I mean it tries to teach one not just some facts about geometry, but how mathematicians think about geometry, how mathematicians go about finding theorems in geometry and then how mathematicians go about proving those theorems. It is an excellent book for someone who wants to learn about what mathematics in a way so that they can understand and appreciate rigorous proofs.

a very well written text

The text goes through all usual syllabus of high school geometry.All the subjects discussed have very important and basic applications.The authors don't try to give solid mathematical proofs to all theorems; but they just want to concieve the student in the best way possible and they have suceeded in doing so.I think this would work as a very interesting reading to anyone who really wants to learn about fundamentals of geometry.

Perfect for the baffled high school geometry student!

"Geometry:A High School Course" is a fabulous textbook with concise, and sometimes even witty explanations of key concepts in high school geometry. With clear illustrations and diagrams to aid in many important proofs and excercises,this book far surpasses Cliff Notes!