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"Learn about circles, symmetry, and line relationships. Practice finding perimeters, areas, volume and circumference"--Provided by publisher.

"3-D shapes are fun to find. Look and learn about each kind! Learn all about 3-D shapes with fun, rhyming text and colorful illustrations. Soon you'll be seeing 3-D shapes all around you"--P. [4] of cover.

Explores 2-D and 3-D shapes.

Students studying geometry in school will certainly learn about lines and angles, circles and triangles, and they'll find everything they need to master those topics. But Geometry is so much more than shapes! Proofs are at the heart of any Geometry course, and they're most often where students struggle. Geometry For Dummies, 3rd Edition, is overflowing with helpful and practical, plain-English information about proofs to help students succeed.-- Publisher's...

A mathematician draws on scientific findings about the role of symmetry in understanding the dynamic relationship between objects, exploring such topics as the theory of fundamental particles, the role of symmetry in evolutionary biology, and the discovery of an enormous dimensional space snowflake.

The circle has fascinated mathematicians since ancient times. This entertaining book describes in layperson's terms the many intriguing properties of this fundamental shape. If math has intimidated you, this may be the ideal book to help you appreciate the discipline through one of its most important elements. The authors begin with a brief review of the basic properties of the circle and related figures. They then show the many ways in which the...

"3-D shapes are fun to find. Look and learn about each kind! Learn all about 3-D shapes with fun, rhyming text and colorful illustrations. Soon you'll be seeing 3-D shapes all around you"--P. [4] of cover.

"3-D shapes are fun to find. Look and learn about each kind! Learn all about 3-D shapes with fun, rhyming text and colorful illustrations. Soon you'll be seeing 3-D shapes all around you"--P. [4] of cover.

Beginning with a brief description of some of the geometry that preceded the geometry of the Greeks, it takes up the story of geometry during the European Renaissance as well as the significant mathematical progress in other areas of the world. It also discusses the analytic geometry of René Descartes and Pierre Fermat, the alternative coordinate systems invented by Isaac Newton, and the solid geometry of Leonhard Euler. Also included is an overview...