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The Four Pillars of Geometry (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) by John Stillwell Hardcover, 228 Pages, Published 2005 ISBN-10: 0-387-25530-3 / 0387255303 ISBN-13: 978-0-387-25530-9 / 9780387255309 This new textbook demonstrates that geometry can be developed in four fundamentally different ways, and that all should be used if the subject is to be shown in all its splendor. Euclid-style construction and axiomatics seem the best way to start, but linear algebra smooths the later stages by repla |