Among the topics covered are: Analytic geometry, Beltrami-Klein model, Cantor set, Ellipse, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Hyperbolic cosine, Kepler-Poinsot solids, Mystic hexagram theorum, Obtuse Angle, Pascal's Triangle, Quadratic surface. Biographies include: Fillipo Brunelleschi (1377-1446), Shiing-Shen Chern (1911-present), Rene Descartes (1596-1650), M. C. Escher (1898-1970), Fibonacci (1180-1240), Hippocrates of Chios (ca. 460-380 BCE), Emmy Noether (1882-1935), Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), Marjorie Senechal (1939-present), Zu Chongzhi (ca. 429-500). Tables, charts, and diagrams include: Antiprism, Conic sections, Curvalinear figures and solids, Fano Configuration, Golden spiral, Greek alphabet, Polygons, Tangent, Trigonometric functions, Trigonometic tables.
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Catherine A. Gorini, Ph.D., received her A.B. in mathematics from Cornell University, M.S. and Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Virginia, and D.W.P. from Maharishi European University. She is Dean of Faculty and Professor of Mathematics at Maharishi University of Management. She is the editor of Geometry at Work and author of Facts On File Geometry Handbook. Her numerous awards for teaching include the Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics from the Mathematical Association of America.
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