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Title: Bob Miller's Geometry for the Clueless by Bob Miller ISBN: 0-07-136109-X Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade Pub. Date: 09 June, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2 (3 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Embarrassing...
Comment: I picked this up at a local book store, flipped through it quickly, and purchased it on a whim, intending to review my basic geometry skills as I work my way up to more advanced college level mathematics
While reviewing the first 2 chapters, I immediately noticed a few typos, a perfectly obvious mistake in an equation, and a missing diagram to explain the definition of an angle bisector. (I am not a math whiz-- if I can find these mistakes, there's a problem.) I also noticed that the author had a tendency to rage over the evilness of new math and how poorly written student textbooks are these days (This is funny considering how poorly written/edited this book is).
Since I'd already written in the book, I ignored these problems and continued on my quest to understand geometry. I didn't get far.
Throughout the first several chapters the author tends to get sidetracked with poorly written paragraphs devoted to showing the student whether or not their school textbook/instructor is worthless or not. Fine, but what does that have to do with helping a student understand basic concepts so that he/she can pass their exams?
Often, the author's written explanations are so convoluted, they're impossible to understand without re-writing them yourself.
McGraw Hill should be ashamed for printing this. On careful review, say for example, if one was attempting to learn from the book, the book comes off like unedited notes. Also, the layout is appalling. The author is constantly referring to diagrams that either flat out don't exist, or they're found several pages earlier in the text and are not labeled.
I can't get my money back, but you can make sure not to waste yours...
If I could rate this item with negative stars I would.
Rating: 1
Summary: Does not teach understanding, only Rules. Poorly Edited.
Comment: This is the worst geometry book I have ever seen. Being an educator, I thought that this book may provide some useful information for students with misconceptions about geometry. However, the author mostly just rants about the difference between "old/traditional" and "new" math methods. He spends more time trying to convince the reader that his "method" is better than others, when in reality, he is teaching the exact same thing in the exact same way that it is taught in a typical high school classroom. The only difference in his "method" is that he provides a number of geometry "rules". For example, he lists a number of "rules" used to determine if a triangle is equilataral, isosceles, or scalene. Instead of rules, one should learn WHY and WHAT makes a triange fall in one of these catagories (i.e. - understanding, not rules). He seems to want to establish a bunch of rules for things that are not necessary if one can understand conceptually why something is true. Also, the book is poorly edited. There are frequent errors (typos) in his proofs which can cause quite a lot of confusion if you do not know how to do proofs or do not know geometry well enough to discover these errors. How can someone learn when the textbook is wrong? Finally, his material presentation is confusing. Figures are not properly labeled and are often hard find. Once, he talks about "angle A in Figure 2", but I could not find the figure, since it was not labeled. After searching for it, I found the figure 4 pages BEFORE. Why present a figure if you are not going to talk about it on that page? In summary... poorly organized, poorly edited, and not concerned with teaching understanding - it is OK if you are looking for a simple geometry "rule book" but not if you are trying to actually understand geometry.
Rating: 4
Summary: Funny and useful
Comment: This book is great help for those of us who are a little lost when it comes to math. It's a humorous book but also really helped me learn the Geometry material quickly and easily. My only complaint is that it seems like it was written for a younger audience.
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Title: Geometry for Dummies by Wendy Arnone ISBN: 0764553240 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 15 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Algebra for the Clueless by Bob Miller, Bob Miller ISBN: 0070434255 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade Pub. Date: 31 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: The High School Geometry Tutor (High School Tutor Series) by M. Fogiel ISBN: 0878915656 Publisher: Research & Education Association Pub. Date: 01 January, 1986 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Bob Miller's Basic Math and Pre-Algebra for the Clueless by Bob Miller ISBN: 0071390162 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade Pub. Date: 04 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: GEOMETRY SUCCESS IN 20 MINUTES A DAY by Debbie Y. Thompson, Learning Express Editors ISBN: 1576852776 Publisher: Learning Express, Inc. Pub. Date: 01 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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