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Geometry Revisited (New Mathematical Library)

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Product Details

  • Series: New Mathematical Library (Book 19)
  • Paperback: 193 pages
  • Publisher: The Mathematical Association of America (1967)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0883856190
  • ISBN-13: 978-0883856192
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.7 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
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69 of 71 people found the following review helpful
FOR ALL THOSE INTERESTED IN MATHEMATICS
By A Customer on July 25, 2001
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This is 'the book' the typical high school student in America needs to read in order to see what Geometry is really all about. Geometry can be fun and engaging. Unfortunately it has taken a back seat in the high school curriculum. This is unfortunate considering the beauty that the subject has to offer. Many topics are covered in this book: The extended law of cosines, Ptolemy's theorem, transformational geometry, conics, and many, many, many more. This is also a book that is essential for mathematical problem solvers-- particularly for those interested in competing. All that is needed to follow along is the basic geometry learned at the high school level. This book is a must have for any mathematical library.
A++ Highly recommended.
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73 of 79 people found the following review helpful
THE BEST SOURCE FOR GEOMETRY
By Reader on August 10, 2002
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I am a high school student who competes in extracurricular mathematics contests. I've found many great books for trigonometry, algebra, precalculus, calculus, and any other field of math except geometry, i.e. until I found this book. A thorough knowledge of geometry beyond what you learn in high school in necessary needed to be competitive, and the place to get it is Geometry Revisited. This book covers any geometry you could need and is by far the best, if not the only, book out there with what you need to know. This book was also very interesting and thought provoking. The selection and arrangement of topics couldn't be any better. Each lesson even contains exercises (with answers and hints) to show you how to apply what the book teaches you. I would recommend this book to any high school student competing in any contests, to any person interested in extending their knowledge of geometry, or to anyone who with any interest in math. I can tell you that you will learn multitudes and enjoy the book too.
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40 of 42 people found the following review helpful
Incredibly helpful
By another reader on May 27, 2004
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I just worked through this book & I have to say that it's probably the best for "what's next" after high school geometry. It's got a chapter on each of the following things: triangles (with Ceva's & Steiner-Lehmus' theorems, orthic triangles & Euler lines, etc), circles (like power of a point, etc), collinearity & concurrence, transformations (Yaglom's series of 3 books are better for these though but this is a good introduction), and an intro to inversive geometry and projective geometry. One section that blew my mind is the one about the "3-jugs" problem where you've got a jug that holds 8L, one that holds 5L & one the holds 3L and the goal is to get 4L in each of two jugs. Maybe you've heard of it...? This book gives a general method for solving problems like that using reflections. I liked how each section is very short and typically has just 2-3 theorems, so the book is split into manageable pieces. Maybe it's just a psychological thing, but I like that. Depending on the section, there are 3-10 problems at the end of each section; like any book there are easy ones with fairly obvious solutions and there are hard ounes that take a lot of thought. I think the hard ones might have come from olympiads because Sam Greitzer was a USAMO coach at some point. It doesn't matter though, this book gives you a lot of tools you can use to deal with olympiad-level problems. A couple good ones to work on after this book would be Johnson's "Advanced Euclidean Geometry" and Court's "College Geometry", both out of print unfortunately but maybe a nearby library wold have them?
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43 of 46 people found the following review helpful
The Best Undergrad Level Geometry Book Ever
By Wing on July 7, 2000
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Geometry Revisited should be used as a textbook for every geometry class in high school. It offers comprehensive proofs and theorems that every undergrad should know by the time he/she gets through basic geometry. The last sections of this book also offers a slight touch on comcepts such as non-Eucledian and projective geometry, serving as a launchpad to higher levels of education. I highly recommend this book to any high school or undergrad teachers and students.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
The best text on Elementary Geometry in English
By David Jimenez on March 22, 2009
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This is one of my three favorite texts in Elementary Geometry, and the only one written in English. It's a multipurpose text. You will probably won't cover these material at school, but if you are interested on math contests, or more serious geometry study, this is also a good text to follow to learn, or if you, like me, learned most of this material over a decade ago, but need a good text as a reference, this text is a great to do so. Dearly recommended.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Great book
By Charles Saunders on October 29, 2007
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This is a wonderful book if you want to gain a real understanding of what geometry can be (if you like this book you should buy the biography of Coxeter: "King of Infinite Space: Donald Coxeter, the Man Who Saved Geometry" - it is one of the best biographies of a mathematician on the market and shows that Coxeter was a genius and a hoot). However, if you know a significant amount of geometry, then try "Introduction to Geometry, 2nd Edition" as that is the more complete (and (very) much more rigorous) text. Also, if you like this book, then buy "Visual Complex Analysis".

PS. My son is using this book in his high school geometry course (at my insistence) rather than the 'text' he was issued. He is now assisting the teacher with the proofs and problems.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
A classic
By Amazon Customer on April 8, 2013
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I had the great good fortune to attend a summer program for gifted HS students between my junior and senior years at Rutgers University in 1972 which had Dr. Greitzer as the Director. We used this book in one of the three courses we took and it was excellent. Dr. Greitzer did not teach that course but we knew he was one of the authors and could ask him questions about it. Everyone took the geometry course. The "elective" course was a choice between continued fractions and combinatorics. And we all took the third course which was applied mathematics and was taught by Dr. Greitzer. It covered such diverse topics as the principles of undetermined coefficients, unit analysis, Fortran programming, and plotting a lunar eclipse. But the highlight of the program was the geometry. We had all taken and aced regular HS geometry, but seeing this level of beauty and reasoning was a real eye-opener. For me personally it changed me from someone who was pretty good at math into someone who ended up making math the basis for his professional life.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

Terrific review

The word "revisited" is important. This is not suitable as an introduction, but is excellent as a review. The exercises should be done, I think, but be careful. Read more

Published 2 months ago by Reader
Want to know what has happened in geometry in the last 400 years?

A first-class introduction to pure geometry after the Greeks, covering developments from the 17th century to the middle 20th century. The material presented is well chosen. Read more

Published 15 months ago by M. Goldberg
Dan Pedoe Geometry a comprehensive course

Geometry a comprhensive course.

Very clearly written! To upbrush your highschool mathematics to a modern viewpoint. I recommend it!

Rob Verdooren

Published 21 months ago by L.R. Verdooren
A great geometry book to prepare for high school competition

This is an excellent book for those high school students preparing for proof oriented math competitions (such as USAJMO and USAMO). Read more

Published on February 17, 2013 by Roger
A beautiful little book...

... on basic concepts of geometry, transformations, inversive geometry... aiming at the revival of geometry, which has been left at an inferior status in the school curriculum for... Read more

Published on January 20, 2013 by André Gargoura
The Best Book in Geometry

This book is the best book I can find in Geometry. It is compact (less than 200 pages), but it covers a lot of advanced topics in Geometry. Read more

Published on February 5, 2011 by ChiSquare
Fun and hard

If you pass through the Geometry, the book is fun and light. If you study the Geometry again, the book is honest and hard.

Published on February 9, 2010 by Jiro Suzuki
An excellent book on elementary Euclidean geometry

This book, which has been available for quite some time, is still a great place to learn about topics in Euclidean geometry which you probably will not cover in a typical middle or... Read more

Published on June 7, 2009 by Nona

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