Geometry: Integration, Applications, Connections [Hardcover]

Robert Cummings (Author), Allan Berele (Author), Tim Kanold (Author), Boyd (Author), Carol Malloy (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Glencoe/Mcgraw-Hill (June 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0028252756
• ISBN-13: 978-0028252759
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.8 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #675,597 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Horrid! Avoid like the plague!, February 27, 2006

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Ashraf Eassa "Ash" (New Hampshire, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Geometry: Integration, Applications, Connections (Hardcover)

I am taking an honors level geometry course at my high school, and this, unfortunately, is the text that we have been given. It's absolutely rubbish. The lessons don't really teach the concepts, they just show some examples, which are hard to comprehend without actually knowing the topic that they're trying to teach/demonstrate/show-off/whatever. Furthermore, the problems at the end of the lessons/chapters clearly assume knowledge beyond the scope of what was taught in the book (leaving holes for the teacher to fill in, I suppose). This book is bad, really bad, and I cannot stress this point enough.

I'd reccomend "Geometry the Easy Way" by Lawrence S. Leff, if you truly want to learn the topic (it covers everything that this joke of a text covers...only in more depth). Oh, and it's only $10 or so.

Also, avoid the Algebra II textbook by these clowns, it's written in the same bad style, poorly teaching the lessons. In general, Glencoe products are of the lowest quality. I'm studying calculus independently, and I'm sure glad that Glencoe doesn't produce a calculus text (otherwise the school may have given me that).

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Geometry: Misconnections, August 24, 2003

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This review is from: Geometry: Integration, Applications, Connections (Hardcover)

This is a very poor math textbook. Here's the main problem: End-of-chapter problem sets require knowledge and skills that have not been clearly introduced in the chapter. Chapters meander through irrelevant or mundane points (e.g., how to bisect an angle using a compass...this is middle school stuff) but then call on different skills in problem sets (e.g., where was this postulate discussed in the chapter?). If you are looking for a good geometry book, I suggest that you look elsewhere. Unfortunately, our school district didn't.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great math book!, December 30, 2011

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J. S. Bondoc (Union City, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Geometry: Integration, Applications, Connections (Hardcover)

My daughter is using this book as a backup whenever she wants to do her math homework when she's away from home. It helps her a lot to solve practice problems.