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Product Description The collaborative work of Tom Apostol and Mamikon Mnatsakanian has been lauded for its clarity and originality. In this volume the authors present an impressive collection of geometric results that reveal surprising connections between lengths, areas and volumes in various shapes, and allow one to compute difficult integrals, all using intuitive visual calculations. One noteworthy idea that the reader will encounter is Mamikon's Sweeping Tangent Theorem from which the authors obtain a visual derivation of the property that the length of an arc of a catenary is proportional to the area under the arc. This is one of many 'proofs without words' contained within. In addition, a variety of results are derived visually for cycloids, conic sections, and many more geometric objects. As befits a book that emphasises visual thinking, the text is beautifully illustrated. This is a book that will inspire students and enrich any geometry or calculus course. Review In a remarkable display of mathematical versatility and imagination, the authors present us with a wealth of geometrical gems. These beautiful and often surprising results deal with a multitude of geometric forms, their interrelationships, and in many cases, their connection with patterns underlying the laws of nature. --Don Chakerian --Professor M.J. Sewell, Mathematics Today New Horizons in Geometry is a compendium of joint work produced by the authors during the period 1998-2012, most of it published in the American Mathematical Monthly, Math Horizons, Mathematics Magazine, and The Mathematical Gazette. The published papers have been edited, augmented and rearranged into 15 chapters dealing with several parts of classical geometry. The authors provide fresh and powerful insights into geometry that requires only a modest background in mathematics. Using new and intuitively rich methods, they give beautifully illustrated proofs of results and extensions of familiar theorems. Lengths, areas and volumes of curves, surfaces and solids are explored from a visually captivating perspective. Powerful geometric methods are used to solve standard calculus problems. Constructions and mechanical interpretations in the spirit of Archimedes involving centroids and moments are carried to new heights and to higher dimensional spaces. The hundreds of full color illustrations are visually enticing and provide great motivation to read further and savor the wonderful results. This book is a must have for any geometer. --Dirk Keppen, Zentrallblatt MATH Readers of New Horizons in Geometry are in for a great ride in the spirit of Archimedes through a beautiful geometrical landscape that will give you considerable pleasure and a heightened appreciation for a wonderful subject. --Don Albers, former Director of MAA Publications Book Description A beautifully illustrated collection of striking and original results in geometry. Recommended for students and teachers of geometry and calculus. Book Description This volume represents a striking collection of results that reveal surprising connections between lengths, areas and volumes in various geometric figures. The exposition, enhanced throughout with beautiful illustrations, is original and lucid with an emphasis on dynamic visual thinking. Recommended for any student or teacher of geometry and calculus. About the Author Tom Apostol is an Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the California Institute of Technology. Mamikon Mnatsakanian is Project Associate at 'Project Mathematics!' at the California Institute of Technology.
