Schaum's Easy Outline of Geometry

Schaum's Easy Outline of Geometry, 2nd Revised edition--------------------------------------------------When you need just the essentials of geometry, this Easy Outlines bookis there to help. If you are looking for a quick nuts-and-bolts overviewof geometry, it's got to be Schaum's Easy Outline. This book is apared-down, simplified, and tightly focused version of its Schaum'sOutline cousin, with an emphasis on clarity and conciseness. Graphicelements such as sidebars, reader-alert icons, and boxed highlightsstress selected points from the text, illuminate keys to learning,and give you quick pointers to the essentials. Perfect if you havemissed class or need extra review, this title gives you expert helpfrom teachers who are authorities in their fields. So small and lightthat it fits in your backpack! Topics covered include: Lines, Angles,and Triangles, Deductive Reasoning, Triangles, Parallel Lines, Distances,and Angle Sums, Trapezoids and Parallelograms, Circles, Similarity,Areas, Regular Polygons and the Circle, Constructions, Formulas forReference, and Proofs of Important Theorems.--------------------------------------------------Author Biography: Barnett Rich earned his Ph.D. from Columbia Universityand a J.D. from New York University. He was a founder of the New YorkCity High School of Music and Art and was chairman of Mathematics atthe Brooklyn Technical High School. He also taught at City Universityof New York and Columbia.