Geometry by Discovery
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Designed for use within a junior/senior level geometry course, the topics covered in this text will enable the student to enhance their geometric skills, solve problems with a variety of old and new techniques (constructing models, conjectures, guessing, drawing pictures, etc.) and see how mathematical ideas are connected (similar solutions to solve different problems). Each chapter provides exercises, notes and a list of references for further reading.
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David Gay is the author of Geometry by Discovery, published by Wiley.
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Getting Started: Strategies for Solving Problems.
Episodes in the Measurement of Length, Area, and Volume.
Polyhedra.
Shortest Path Problems.
Kaleidoscopes.
Symmetry.
What Shapes Are Best?
Beehives and Other Packing Problems.
Where to Go From Here?: Project Ideas.
Credits.
Index.
Episodes in the Measurement of Length, Area, and Volume.
Polyhedra.
Shortest Path Problems.
Kaleidoscopes.
Symmetry.
What Shapes Are Best?
Beehives and Other Packing Problems.
Where to Go From Here?: Project Ideas.
Credits.
Index.
