Geometry
A Self-Teaching Guide
Wiley (Publisher)
Published on 14. October 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-471-38634-6 (ISBN)
Description
Learn geometry at your own pace. What are congruent circles? How do you find the hypotenuse of a triangle? What is the sum of the angles in a decagon? How can you apply geometric equations to your daily life? With the unbeatable study companion ??i??Geometry: A Self-Teaching Guide??i??, you'll discover the answers to these questions and many more. This thorough primer presents an easy-to-follow, proven method for grasping the key concepts of geometry.You'll progress step by step through plane, solid, and analytic geometry and then move on to geometric applications for calculus. You'll build your problem-solving skills along the way through detailed examples, reviews, exercises, and answer explanations. The clearly structured format of ??i??Geometry??i?? makes it fully accessible, providing an easily understood, comprehensive overview for everyone from high school students to adult learners to math mavens. Like all ??i??Self-Teaching Guides??i??, ??i??Geometry??i?? allows you to build gradually on what you have learned - at your own pace. Questions and self-tests reinforce the information in each chapter and allow you to skip ahead or focus on specific areas of concern.
Packed with useful, up-to-date information, this clear, concise volume is a valuable learning tool and reference source for anyone who wants to improve his or her understanding of basic geometry.
Packed with useful, up-to-date information, this clear, concise volume is a valuable learning tool and reference source for anyone who wants to improve his or her understanding of basic geometry.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 192 mm
Weight
482 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-38634-6 (9780471386346)
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10/2004
Wiley
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Persons
STEVE SLAVIN, Ph.D., is the author of many Wiley self-teaching guides, including Precalculus: A Self-Teaching Guide, Quick Business Math: A Self-Teaching Guide and the recently revised All the Math You'll Ever Need: A Self-Teaching Guide. GINNY CRISONINO has taught math at Union County College in New Jersey for sixteen years. She is the coauthor with Slavin on Precalculus: A Self-Teaching Guide.
Content
Introduction.1. The Basics.2. Triangles.3. Circles.4. Perimeter and Area of Two-dimensional Polygons.5. Volume and Surface Area of Three-dimensional Polygons.6. Conic Sections.Index.