
The Facts on File Geometry Handbook
Catherine A. Gorini(Author)
Facts On File Inc (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 30. July 2009
Book
Hardback
342 pages
978-0-8160-7389-4 (ISBN)
Description
Like other areas of mathematics, geometry is a continually growing and evolving field. Computers, technology, and the sciences drive many new discoveries in mathematics. For geometry, the areas of quantum computers, computer graphics, nanotechnology, crystallography, and theoretical physics have been particularly relevant in the past few years. There have been considerable developments in the field of geometry since the first edition of ""The Facts On File Geometry Handbook"" was published. An ideal primer for middle and high school students on the subject of geometry, this revised edition highlights new developments while expanding on the material in the first edition. More than 300 new glossary terms have been added as well as new biographies, events, charts, tables, theorems, and photographs and line illustrations. New and revised entries include: Algebraic equation; Calipers; Coloring; Devil's pitchfork; Hausdorff distance; John Hubbard; Isometric perspective; Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz; Magic square; Monstrous Moonshine Madness; Isaac Newton; Grigory Perelman; Root snail; School Mathematics Study Group (SMSG); Sudoku square; Wheel of Theodorus; and, Windmill Theorem.
Reviews / Votes
...[an] excellent reference book...Highly recommended. - Choice ""The definitions are clear and easy to understand...useful to teachers...Recommended for academic, public, and some high-school libraries."" - Booklist ""...a thorough resource for math students and instructors and would also provide excellent reference service...Recommended."" - Library Media ConnectionMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Illustrations
black-&-white photographs & line illustrations, index, bibliography, glossary, cross-references, chronology, tables & charts
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 187 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
870 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8160-7389-4 (9780816073894)
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