Review of
Euclidean
and Transformational Geometry: A Deductive Inquiry,
by Shlomo Libeskind, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Sudbury, Massachusetts,
2008. 371 pp., $231.95 (hardbound). ISBN 9780763743666.
Five out of five stars
Despite having
a title that is a bit different, this is a textbook in basic Euclidean
geometry. The emphasis is on demonstrating the theorems and other concepts via
diagrams, formulas are used only when it is necessary to do so. Segments
containing different treatments are color-coded, for example the statement and
proof of a theorem is placed within a blue backdrop.
The level of
discourse is kept at a modest level, the book was developed for the instruction
of students in a college geometry course where their goal after graduation is
to teach high school mathematics. It clearly is well suited for that course,
yet it could also be used as a text in a more advanced high school geometry
class. I have tutored a few high school geometry students and much of the
content in this book is what we worked
on. A set of problems is given at the end of each section and hints and answers
to some of them are given at the end.
If you teach
high school math or a course designed to train those that will do so in the
future, this is a book that will be an effective text from the standpoint of both
the teacher and the student.
This book was made available for free for review
purposes
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