College Geometry: A Problem Solving Approach with Applications

by Gary L. Musser

This book exposes readers to many practical applications of geometry, especially those involving measurement. A three- part organization divides topics into Problem Solving, Geometric Shapes, and Measurement; Formal Synthetic Euclidean Geometry; and Alternate Approaches to Plane Geometry.

Genres: Mathematics

528 pages, Hardcover

First published March 4, 1994

Reviews

[Louis Fritz v]

An excellent resource for the basics of geometry and the quality of the questions involved.

I had two main concerns with the text though:
1) I thought it was a poor way to show the differences between different quadrilaterals through a table rather than showing the comparison through separate sections on the distinct qualities of quadrilaterals. I understand his desire to abridge the content for college level, but I felt this does a gross disservice to the core differences between the parallelograms.

2) For my course, we spent the final week on the non-Euclidean geometries. While I felt he does well giving a brief overview, these do not do well to prepare the student to understand using these concepts for the questions in the chapter - college student or not.

[Joy Virtue]

Some of the drawings used with problems make no sense, where major arcs are 88°, and minor arcs are 216°.