Abstract

Meyer's Geometry and Its Applications, Second Edition, combines traditional geometry with current ideas to present a modern approach that is grounded in real-world applications. It balances the deductive approach with discovery learning, and introduces axiomatic, Euclidean geometry, non-Euclidean geometry, and transformational geometry. The text integrates applications and examples throughout and includes historical notes in many chapters.

The Second Edition of Geometry and Its Applications is a significant text for any college or university that focuses on geometry's usefulness in other disciplines. It is especially appropriate for engineering and science majors, as well as future mathematics teachers.

• Realistic applications integrated throughout the text, including (but not limited to):
• Symmetries of artistic patterns
• Physics
• Robotics
• Computer vision
• Computer graphics
• Stability of architectural structures
• Molecular biology
• Medicine
• Pattern recognition
• Historical notes included in many chapters

“Meyer’s book…is an especially good choice for a teacher who wants to show the interplay of the theory and applicability of mathematics, who wants to emphasize the connections within the different parts of mathematics, and who wants to meet the needs of future teachers and researchers in a sophisticated way.”
–Joseph Malkevitch, City University of New York
"...this may look fairly traditional (especially from the outside), but it's actually quite creative and very well done. Anyone teaching this kind of geometry course should consider adopting this book."
-Fernando Q. Gouvêa, Colby College