Geometry [Hardcover]

Harold R. Jacobs (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 071671745X | ISBN-13: 978-0716717454 | Publication Date: December 1986 | Edition: 2nd

Jacobs' highly successful, distinctive text was revised on the basis of users' comments and ten years of classroom experience - perfecting an already acclaimed approach to teaching geometry. "...the book concentrates on making the formal treatment of geometry both attractive and accessible..." The Mathematical Gazette Supplements: Teacher's Guide/Test Masters/Transparency Masters

Product Details

• Hardcover: 668 pages
• Publisher: W.H. Freeman & Company; 2nd edition (December 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 071671745X
• ISBN-13: 978-0716717454
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.7 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #238,068 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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76 of 77 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite high school geometry text, March 17, 1998

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This review is from: Geometry (Hardcover)

Jacobs is a great teacher and he has written a book that contains much of the essence of that teaching. He presents the material well, with entertaining hooks and careful exposition. There's a good mix of approaches (transformational, intuitive, and rigorous) and a good mix of problems (easy, medium, hard, a few really hard). It's the best balanced of all the geometry texts I've seen. The one drawback is that it doesn't respond to modern trends of using more discovery-based inductive approaches, or using tools like Geometer's Sketchpad or Cabri. Michael Serra's _Discovering Geometry_ is a good source of problems and activities if you wish to supplement your course with this sort of thing.

66 of 68 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jacobs sugar-coats the process of rigorous proof!, September 22, 1999

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Chang Yuon - See all my reviews

This review is from: Geometry (Hardcover)

I really enjoyed reading this text. This book is very sensitive to students who are encountering proof for the first time. Jacobs does a great job in building the subject. His motivations and also the humor in text is what makes this book so enjoyable to read. What's more amazing is that he still maintains all the rigor that is critical for advance studies in mathematics.

34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best geometry textbook in existence, bar none., January 25, 2003

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speedracer - See all my reviews

This review is from: Geometry (Hardcover)

A very clear, very entertaining textbook for a high-school course on geometry.

This book introduces logical proofs right at the beginning; you may have some difficulty convincing your kids or yourself that you need to work out all these silly logic puzzles in order to begin studying geometry, but you do.

From there on, the book is a sheer joy to read, full of interesting and tricky problems, clear explanations, and of course those famous B.C. and Peanuts clips.