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THIS book continues the translation of Klein's “Elementar Mathematik” which Messrs. Hedrick and Noble began with their translation of the volume on arithmetic, algebra, and analysis. The volume under review is that devoted to geometry. It cannot be claimed that the translation is perfect; some sentences are English only in the sense that English words are used, but in construction they are essentially German, and there are some eccentricities in spelling, for example, “parellelopiped”. There are also some slips which may irritate the reader: for example, on p. 180 a footnote reads, “In the Sixth Memoir on Quantities [sic], already cited (p. 145),” and it appears that the reference is to Cayley's memoir on quantics which is correctly quoted on p. 134, not p. 145.
Elementary Mathematics from an Advanced Standpoint Geometry
Felix Klein. Translated from the third German edition by E. R. Hedrick and Prof. C. A. Noble. Pp. ix + 214. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1939.) 15s. net.
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Elementary Mathematics from an Advanced Standpoint. Nature 146, 78–79 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/146078a0
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