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Conics and Cubics: A Concrete Introduction to Algebraic Curves (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

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I'm a freshman in college and I wanted to start doing research in mathematics. This was a perfect way for me to get a leg up on my peers as algebraic geometry is a vital tool in mathematics today and most undergraduates never get an exposure to it.

The language is formal enough to be a textbook, but it's certainly not detached, it's much like reading the transcript of a lecture. The only knowledge that the book assumes is single variable calculus and high school algebra and geometry.

Overall, the book is just very accessible and well worth the price.

This book may be the most elementary introduction to algebraic geometry. Still it is roughly senior level and unlike the review above I am not sure that it is suitable for students in secondary education. Nonetheless, it fills a niche that has been largely vacant in the undergraduate literature and I recommend it to serious students and undergraduates alike.