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Dr. Math Introduces Geometry: Learning Geometry is Easy! Just ask Dr. Math!

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Drexel University has been putting out a series of Dr Math books, with this being one of the latest. It has that trademark cheerful, breezy style that is meant to engage a recalcitrant primary school student. Or perhaps even a high school student. Though the material seems rather basic for high school.

Students who are already into maths won't need a book like this. But the forced informality and cartoony aspect is thought to be more likely to attract students with little interest or ability in maths.

The material here is Euclidean geometry, in 2 and 3 dimensions. Needless to say, the level of rigour in the proofs in minimal. But enough is given to provide a logical framework.

Dr. Math is a website that answered homework questions. Thousands upon thousands of real questions from real students, who would write for more info if their question wasn't answered sufficiently. "Dr. Math" wasn't a single person, but a whole team of professors, teachers, other students, and volunteers.

The text starts with a square. Just a square, and some details about that square. Then it goes into what a point is, and what a segment is, all using questions that Dr. Math answered.

The formatting is excellent.

If you have basic questions involving geometry, and you want to actually see that question in the text, and then have that question answered, this is the book for you.