The Four Pillars of Geometry

The Four Pillars of Geometry by John Stillwell.

For two millennia the right way to teach geometry was the Euclidean approach, and in many respects, this is still the case. But in the 1950s the cry "Down with triangles!" was heard in France and new geometry books appeared, packed with linear algebra but with no diagrams. Was this the new...

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Main Author: Stillwell, John (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
Edition:1st ed. 2005.
Series:Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Geometry.
Matrix theory.
Algebra.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Straightedge and compass
  • Euclid’s approach to geometry
  • Coordinates
  • Vectors and Euclidean spaces
  • Perspective
  • Projective planes
  • Transformations
  • Non-Euclidean geometry.

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