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Geometry for Dummies | 
 enlarge | Author: Wendy, Phd Arnone
Publisher: For Dummies
Category: Book
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 35841
Media: Paperback
Pages: 384
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0764553240
Dewey Decimal Number: 516
UPC: 785555054059
EAN: 9780764553240
Publication Date: September 29, 2001
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Product Description
You know that geometry is a math thing, right? You remember that much from school. You also probably remember that it has something to do with circles, squares, diameters, angles, and all those other terms that floated in (and probably right out of ) your head as you were cramming for all those geometry tests way back when. But your math teacher probably never told you that you'd actually use that stuff in real life – if he had, maybe you would have paid more attention! Well, don't fret. You're in the same boat as almost everyone else. Geometry has about a million (a rough estimate) uses in real life – for example, you may have some home improvement projects you want to tackle; you have to know how to cut the wood at certain angles to make them fit together. ( Bet you didn't realize that carpenters have to be experts at geometry as well!) With a basic knowledge of geometry, building some bookshelves for your kid's room becomes so much easier. Geometry For Dummies can give you that basic understanding of geometry, and you might actually have a little fun along the way. Written in a breezy, easy-to-understand, non-textbook-like style, this book helps you with all your geometrical dilemmas. In Geometry For Dummies, you'll find out about the following topics and more: - Understanding lines and angles
- Working up a geometry proof
- All those funny shapes: circles, rectangles, triangles, and the ever versatile polygon
- Having your Pi and eating it, too
- Taking the next step into trigonometry
- Doing someone a solid: Exploring prisms, pyramids, cylinders, cones, and spheres
- Top Ten list of cool careers that use geometry and tips for making geometry easier
- Appendices with formulas, theorems, and other helpful geometry resources
So whatever your reason for wanting to learn geometry – a home improvement project, helping your kid with his or her homework, or just a fascination with funny shapes – Geometry For Dummies is just what you need to recall what you learned in school and put it to good use.
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 Thanks Amazon[.com] April 30, 2003
Mrs Hughes (Bath, England)
10 out of 17 found this review helpful
I was surfing the web, beacuase I am a computer programmer of old and know all about webspace and word processing and things. Well, anyway I found this book very helpful, especially for teaching other people, something I find very challenging. I have always been a struggler when it comes to maths and as a general rule didn't understand a word of it. But now I can get up in front of my class with confidence and teach them about squares and triangles and things without having to send people out the room for doing nothing.
 Simple yet Effective April 4, 2006
gobirds2 (New England)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a book written in simple terms and explanations about Geometry. It is not a deep venture into the subject but is meant to be a thought provoking tool to stimulate detuctive reasoning and apply logic to material presnted in this book. This is a starting point for the person who knows very little about Geometry but is going to delve into it.
Making the DRY drinkable November 19, 2002
24 out of 28 found this review helpful
I recall with anguish over 37 years ago, my 10th grade geometry class, dry as a Wadi in the Sahara. I slept through the first course obtaining a grade worthy of my snoring through an hour a day of irrelevance.
Today some math teachers are asking why math has to be dull or academic. This book is one which revives my faith a math teacher may indeed have real blood pumping in their veins.
This book I'd recommend to some teenagers and more so for adults, those 18 years and up who slept through geometry in high school.
I also recommend the basics of geometry start in school much earlier than grade 10.I suspect however geomerty and real dummies don't mix well. Read this book and surprise yourself, maybe you're not a dummie after all.
A Textbook, with a tinge of humour August 30, 2003
25 out of 25 found this review helpful
If you want to learn about geometry, but don't want to look through a thick, school like textbook, this is the perfect book! For every theorem or postulate this book teaches about, right next to it is a short explanation along with a simple diagram used as an example. This book goes from simple geometry, all the way into a bit of trigonometry. It is basically like a textbook, but with lots of humour and simple explanations that separates it from the rest of the other geometry books. This book probably covers everything that is taught in 10th Grade, but without all the exercises. It teaches and explains geometry, but if you are looking for a book full of exercises, this is not the book for you. It should give us more problems or equations to solve, and that is why it lacks 5-stars. That is its only downfall. If you are reading this before you get into geometry, be prepared to know all the material and be bored to death. This is not exactly a bad thing though :) .
Great for Home schoolers December 7, 2005
Monica B. Evans (Benzie County, Michigan)
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
I got this book for our son, who home schools and wanted to study Geometry. Since I am mathematically dysfunctional, I ordered it for him.
It's great; easy to understand, fun to use, and full of great humor. He loves it. Maybe when he's done with it, I'll use it myself!
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