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THIS is an excellent work for all young students who wish to begin the study of geometry. In its order of treatment it completely ignores Euclid, and thus saves the young pupil from a long and wearisome waste of time, giving him clearly and rapidly a knowledge of the subject and an insight into its nature and purpose. We wish that the English schoolboy could congratulate himself on its appearance; but this is forbidden by our conservatism and the attachment of our public and preparatory schools to medievalism. When an Educational Reformation takes place in England—and there are signs of its advent—such a work will be welcomed by all of us who are interested in the scientific education of the people.
Plane and Solid Geometry.
By Arthur Schultze F. L. Sevenoak Pp. ix + 370. (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1901. London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd.) Price 6s.
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MINCHIN, G. Plane and Solid Geometry . Nature 64, 573–574 (1901). https://doi.org/10.1038/064573a0
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