Geometry for Enjoyment & Challenge |  | Authors: Richard Rhoad, George Milauskas, Robert Whipple
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
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Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 8.3 x 1.4
ISBN: 0866099654
Dewey Decimal Number: 516
EAN: 9780866099653
ASIN: 0866099654
Publication Date: June 1991
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 Exactly what I needed! May 21, 2003
J. Hamon (Cambridge, MA)
16 out of 18 found this review helpful
Geometry for Enjoyment and Challenge was an excellent resource for me as I studied Geometry on my own this past year. The textbook being used in my geometry class was somewhat incomplete and too simple so my math teacher, and Geometry team coach, issued me an old copy of this book--Geometry for Enjoyment & Challenge. I sat in the back of class and studied this text. The problems, though challenging, provided the mental stimulation I'd been looking for in a math class. By spring, I was able to put on a very strong showing at a state-level math contest using theorems and skills gained from this book. I highly recommend it to anyone looking to gain a useful grasp of Geometry.
Great book and a great challenge November 5, 2007
Nicholas Jerrold
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This geometry book is not for the weak. Forget about the days of purely computational geometry. This book is all about proofs. I have found myself learning a great deal about geometry, though.
Excellent Book May 12, 2006
Omar L. Hacallar (Quito, Ecuador)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
I think Geometry for Enjoyment and challenge is an excellent book. Be warned this book is not for everybody because it is challenging, and only a truly motivated student will excel using this book. What I like about this book is that it is not watered down like a lot of Geometry books. The problem with Americas schools are that Geometry Teachers dont teach the subject the right way either by not teaching the material or they teach the students to maximize their test score by regurgitating concepts. This book contradicts several books. This book forces you to think critically like a Mathematician. The best and strongest part of the book are the teaching of proofs (flow chart, Paragraph, and Two-column). Some proofs take 15 to 16 steps.
That is what one of the several things I like about this book, this provides a spark to truly motivated students.
Other strong points are areas of geometric figures, there are problems that involve finding the areas of squares inscribed in circles finding the shaded segment of a hexagon inscribed in a circle. Most geometry books do not have problems of that nature.
One major gripe is that I wish on the solid geometry section, they would put problems involving the areas of a decagonal prism, dodecagonal prism, 20 sided pyramids. Given that this book is easy to say is the most challenging geometry book of all books in America concerning geometry. I wish they would put centimeters, inches, etc. as opposed to units when calculating the perimeter, volume, and surface area.
Other than that it is a great book. I wish this was the standard of geometry books because Americas students need to be challenged, a lot of students want to be challenged. This book does that. In conclusion, this geometry book is the champagne of geometry books.
I enjoyed solving problems from this book on my spare time. I had a horrible experience with a geometry Teacher Named Don Steinke at Fort Vancouver High School in Vancouver, Washington. This idiot could not teach if his life depended on it.
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Solid High-School Level Book September 8, 2000
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
This book is an excellent high-school level book with a no frills approach. The book is well organized, with plenty of problems to master the subject. My nine year-old daughter is using it learn geometry.
An Excellent Geometry text April 6, 2010
Duane N. Burghard (Columbia, MO United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I took Geometry at New Trier (where all of the authors taught) with Dr. Whipple's wife as my teacher back in 1980-81 (the year that the first version of this textbook came out ... we were the test students for it and reveled in finding errors). I'm not sure whether I agree with the reviewer who said that it requires a good teacher (certainly I was blessed to have one of the very best), but I am amazed at how the book has stood the test of time. My children are growing up hundreds of miles from New Trier, but since I kept books like this one, plus every assignment, test and quiz associated with it, I have literally been able to recreate the experience. I doubt that I teach it as well to my children as the Whipples do/did, however my daughter is doing decidedly better than I did (and at a younger age). Perhaps I give the book too much credit, perhaps my experience with it is inextricably linked to having one of the authors as a teacher, but the year i took this course with this teacher changed my life (the year before I received failing grades in Algebra, the year after I finished the Trigonometry class at New Trier with a 104% average (extra credit)). In any case, as I now teach this material to my children, I am VERY impressed by how easy the book is to follow as a textbook, how well the discussions lead to the sample problems which then logically lead to the problem sets. The progression of concepts it employs is equally impressive, leading the reader through the subject in a very logical manner. As I look at it now, I think it really is a "Goldilocks" text (not too hard, not too simple, just right) and I have found it indispensable in educating my children about Geometry. It has my strongest possible recommendation for any young person wanting to learn this subject.
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