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Geometry for Entertainment (1950)
This is a new English translation of the book from the original Russian published in 1950.About the bookGeometry for Entertainment is written both for friends...
More importantly, this book is intended for those readers who studied (or are currently studying) geometry only at the blackboard and therefore are not used to noticing familiar geometric relationships in the world of things and phenomena around us, have not learnt to use the acquired geometric knowledge in practise, in difficult cases of life, on a hike, in a bivouac or front-line situation. To arouse the reader’s interest in geometry or, in the words of the author, “to inspire a desire and cultivate a taste for its study is the objective of this book.” Big And Small In Geometry 361 In a Thimble 361Volume and Pressure 364Thinner than a spider web but stronger than steel 368Two Jars 371Gigantic Cigarette 372Ostrich Egg Task 373Elephant Bird Egg 374Eggs of Russian Birds 375Weight of the eggshell 377The sizes of our coins 378Coin worth a million roubles 379Visual Representations 379Our Normal Weight 384Gulliver’s Geometry 386
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