Praise for the previous edition:...[an] excellent reference book...Highly recommended.—ChoiceThe definitions are clear and easy to understand...useful to teachers...Recommended for academic, public, and some high-school libraries.—Booklist...a thorough resource for math students and instructors and would also provide excellent reference service...Recommended.—Library Media ConnectionLike other areas of mathematics, geometry is a continually growing and evolving field. Computers, technology, and the sciences drive many new discoveries in mathematics. For geometry, the areas of quantum computers, computer graphics, nanotechnology, crystallography, and theoretical physics have been particularly relevant in the past few years.There have been considerable developments in the field of geometry since the first edition ofThe Facts On File Geometry Handbookwas published. An ideal primer for middle and high school students on the subject of geometry, this revised edition highlights new developments while expanding on the material in the first edition. More than 300 new glossary terms have been added as well as new biographies, events, charts, tables, theorems, and photographs and line illustrations.New and revised entries include:Algebraic equationCalipersColoringDevil's pitchforkHausdorff distanceJohn HubbardIsometric perspectiveGottfried Wilhelm LeibnizMagic squareMonstrous Moonshine MadnessIsaac NewtonGrigory PerelmanRoot snailSchool Mathematics Study Group (SMSG)Sudoku squareWheel of TheodorusWindmill Theorem.

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