| |  | Authors: Jurgensen, Ray C. Jurgensen
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Category: Book
List Price: $84.04
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Avg. Customer Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 1522166
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
ISBN: 0395470676
EAN: 9780395470671
ASIN: 0395470676
Publication Date: April 1989
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Condition: Hardcover. Binding is tight. Dust jacket is missing. Minimal wear to cover.
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 4 1/2 stars - challenging math book April 26, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
First off, I noticed that alot of people said they couldn't understand any of the problems. That may be true, but as long you read everything, it should be no problem at all. Besides, this book is recommended for honors math students, so it's supposed to be slightly challenging.
Pros- the book is well designed, end of every chapter has review notes, summary notes chapter tests, and sometimes cumulative exams as well as preparing for college entrance exams. Every section usually begins with some theroms, and they show you how the prove them. THe back of the book has all the definitions, theroms, postulates and test answers. Challenging in a fun way. The cover is also pretty durable
Cons- may be too challenging for the average student.
 Wonderful text February 14, 2007
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
I am a physician with an undergraduate degree in math and some graduate work in math, as well. Having elected to reenter the world of mathematics after thirty years, I found this text a wonderful exposition to geometry. I did read this after watching a course on geometry published by The Teaching Company, which was quite good as well.
PERFECT November 7, 2006
0 out of 24 found this review helpful
The book is in PERFECT condition. Also, I received it in just a few days.
geometry key August 16, 2006
0 out of 20 found this review helpful
Helpful to check students work. Package arrived on time in excellent condition.
From a student. August 2, 2006
26 out of 26 found this review helpful
I had to use this book for a UW Independent Learing course because I failed the geometry course offered at my school. It is a great book for talented student that are planning to take more advanced math courses.
When I started the book, it was difficult to follow; (there are very few examples, and a firm grasp of number operations and algebra is needed). But as I moved from one chapter to the next, I developed the skills neccesary to solve difficult geometry problems. I not only learned the content of the book, I also learned how to approach geometry problem with not-so-obvious solutions, and identify certain types of problems quickly. Geometry portions of standerdized tests are now a breeze for me.
I agree that there are too few examples in the book, but as a student develops his problem solving skills, he won't need examples!
My advice for those students who are struggling with a problem is to take a short break and review the parts of the book already read. The book is extremely well integrated, and a student needs to keep in mind what he learned in previous sections.
It is no surprise to me that most teachers really like the book. Most books teach the theorems and postulates, and then give an erormous amount of problem that are essentially the same. They use repition rather than teach critical thinking.
I feel priviliged to have learned from this book. I am a step ahead of my classmates. Awsome book.
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