Kiselev's Geometry / Book II. Stereometry

by A.P. Kiselev, Alexander Givental (Editor)

The book is an English adaptation of a classical Russian grade school-level text in solid Euclidean geometry. It contains the chapters Lines and Planes, Polyhedra, Round Solids, which include the traditional material about dihedral and polyhedral angles, Platonic solids, symmetry and similarity of space figures, volumes and surface areas of prisms, pyramids, cylinders, cones and balls. The English edition also contains a new chapter Vectors and Foundations (written by A. Givental) about vectors, their applications, vector foundations of Euclidean geometry, and introduction to spherical and hyperbolic geometries. This volume completes the English adaptation of Kiselev's Geometry whose 1st part ( Book I. Planimetry ), dedicated to plane geometry, was published by Sumizdat in 2006 as ISBN 0977985202. Both volumes of Kiselev's Geometry are praised for precision, simplicity and clarity of exposition, and excellent collection of exercises. They dominated Russian math education for several decades, were reprinted in dozens of millions of copies, influenced geometry education in Eastern Europe and China, and are still active as textbooks for 7-11 grades. The books are adapted to the modern US curricula by a professor of mathematics from UC Berkeley.

Genres: Mathematics, Geometry

180 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2008

Reviews

[Linus]

Oliver book

[Andrew]

Does anyone have a copy that they’re willing to sell to me? I’m willing to pay for shipping and everything, but if doesn’t seem like this book is anywhere. Please let me know.

[Volodymyr Andrusenko · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best geometry text book I've read. Used it to practice and study with my sons. Unfortunately, it's hard to get the original these days, I was not able to find it.

[Maxim Perepelitsyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

The way geometry should be studied.