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Alan

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Registered: 12/6/04

List of 'good' geometry textbooks
Posted: Jul 22, 2001 5:25 PM

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Thanks for all your input. Below is a list of geometry textbooks that
have been recommended as 'good'. These recommendations were based on
the book being targeted for high school honors/college level and one
that rigorously covers Euclidian geometry with the major emphasis on
formal proof. I am planning on reviewing all these books and will post
my biased opinion rating each book.

If you would like to add a book to the list, feel free!

Thanks,
Alan Sagan

Here is the list:
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Essentials of Geometry for College Students
Arnold R. Steffensen, Northern Arizona University
L. Murphy Johnson, Northern Arizona University
Margaret L. Lial, American River College
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Copyright: 1990
Format: Cloth, 431 pp
ISBN: 0-673-38419-5
Addison-Wesley Pub Co; ISBN: 0201508672
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Geometry
by Moise, Downs
Hardcover (January 1991)
Addison-Wesley Pub Co; ISBN: 0201253356
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Geometry for Enjoyment & Challenge
Rhoad, Milauskas, Whipple
Hardcover (June 1991)
McDougal Littell & Co; ISBN: 0866099654
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Geometry
by Harold R. Jacobs (Editor)
Hardcover - 668 pages 2nd edition (January 1987)
W H Freeman & Co.; ISBN: 071671745X ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.28 x
10.23 x 7.86
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College Geometry: A Problem Solving Approach with Applications, 1/e
Gary L. Musser, Oregon State University
Lynn Trimpe
Copyright 1994, 528 pp.
ISBN 0-02-385450-2
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Geometry : Ancient and Modern
by John R. Silvester
Paperback (June 2001)
Oxford Univ Press; ISBN: 0198508255