{"product_id":"introduction-to-projective-geometry-9780486468952","title":"Introduction to Projective Geometry","description":"This introductory volume offers strong reinforcement for its teachings, with detailed examples and numerous theorems, proofs, and exercises, plus complete answers to all odd-numbered end-of-chapter problems. 1970 edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eC. R. Wylie was an instructor at the University of Utah.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Dover Original\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eClarence Raymond Wylie, Jr., had a long career as a writer of mathematics and engineering textbooks. His \u003ci\u003eAdvanced Engineering Mathematics\u003c\/i\u003e was the standard text in that field starting in the 1950s and for many decades thereafter. He also wrote widely used textbooks on geometry directed at students preparing to become secondary school teachers, which also serve as very useful reviews for college undergraduates even today. Dover reprinted two of these books in recent years, \u003ci\u003eIntroduction to Projective Geometry\u003c\/i\u003e in 2008 and \u003ci\u003eFoundations of\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeometry \u003c\/i\u003ein 2009. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author is important to our program for another reason, as well. In 1957, when Dover was publishing very few original books of any kind, we published Wylie's original manuscript \u003ci\u003e101 Puzzles in Thought and Logic\u003c\/i\u003e. The book is still going strong after 55 years, and the gap between its first appearance in 1957 and \u003ci\u003eIntroduction to Projective Geometry\u003c\/i\u003e in 2008 may be the longest period of time between the publication of two books by the same author in the history of the Dover mathematics program. Wylie's 1957 book launched the Dover category of intriguing logic puzzles, which has seen the appearance of many books by some of the most popular authors in the field including Martin Gardner and, more recently, Raymond Smullyan. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere's a quick one from \u003ci\u003e101 Puzzles in Thought and Logic: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf it takes twice as long for a passenger train to pass a freight train after it first overtakes it as it takes the two trains to pass when going in opposite directions, how many times faster than the freight train is the passenger train? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnswer: The passenger train is three times as fast as the freight train.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460319973650,"sku":"9780486468952","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_09e0e90b-e587-4f84-acc4-0e2cfe913089.jpg?v=1730037601","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/introduction-to-projective-geometry-9780486468952","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}