Product Description

Geometry proofs may trip up more students than any other single topic in all of high school math. Geometry For Dummies, 2nd Edition, tackles this problem head on, providing proven strategies for solving geometry proofs when students are stumped.

Students need help getting a handle on what seems to them to be a totally foreign and mysterious process. This book presents a dozen powerful strategies that make proofs much easier for the students who struggle with them. This book contains dozens of examples of places in a proof where a student is likely to get stuck and then provides tips for how to get unstuck.

Mark Ryan has a proven ability to explain concepts in a way that gives students the clearest, easiest, and best way of understanding a concept. For example, instead of routinely listing the properties of various quadrilaterals (four–sided figures) as most geometry books do, relying on rote memory for student learning, Geometry For Dummies,  2nd Edition, explains how these properties (and others) can be learned in a way that fosters understanding.

This new edition also includes detailed explanations of how to work example problems, pinpointing areas that can trick students into misunderstanding the true nature of the problem.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #168133 in Books
• Published on: 2008-01-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 408 pages

From the Back Cover
Get un–stumped in a hurry! Proofs made easier

Make friends with lines and angles, theorems and postulates — and prove it

The proof is in the pudding — and the parallelogram, and sometimes the rhombus. With this friendly guide, you′ll soon be devouring proofs with relish. You′ll find out how a proof′s chain of logic works and discover some basic secrets for getting past rough spots. Before you know it, you′ll be proving triangles congruent, calculating circumference, using formulas, and serving up pi.

Discover how to:

• Identify lines, angles, and planes

• Calculate the area of a triangle

• Figure the volume and surface area of a pyramid

• Bisect angles and construct perpendicular lines

• Work with 3D shapes

About the Author
A graduate of Brown University and the University of Wisconsin Law School, Mark Ryan has been teaching math since 1989. He runs The Math Center (www.themathcenter.com) in Winnetka, Illinois, where he teaches high school math courses, including an introduction to geometry and a workshop for parents based on a program he developed, The 10 Habits of Highly Successful Math Students. In high school, he twice scored a perfect 800 on the math portion of the SAT, and he not only knows mathematics, he has a gift for explaining it in plain English. He practiced law for four years before deciding he should do something he enjoys and use his natural talent for mathematics. Ryan is a member of the Authors Guild and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Geometry For Dummies, 2nd Edition, is Ryan’s fifth book. Everyday Math for Everyday Life (Grand Central Publishing) was published in 2002; Calculus For Dummies (Wiley), in 2003; Calculus Workbook For Dummies (Wiley), in 2005; and Geometry Workbook For Dummies (Wiley), in 2006. His math books have sold over 200,000 copies.

Customer Reviews

More advanced than you'd think
I bought this book Geometry for Dummies as i've just started an engineering degree course and wanted something to refresh my knowledge, the book gives clear & detailed instructions and would be useful for anyone from gcse students to university students. I wasnt sure what level this would be aimed at but was pleased it wasnt just the basics and was able to really stretch my knowledge. Recommended.