Why are there so many formulas for area and volume, and why do some of them look alike? Why does one quadrilateral have no special name while another has several, like square, rectangle, rhombus, and parallelogram--and why are all these names useful? How much do you know ... and…
Why does it matter whether we state definitions carefully when we all know what particular geometric figures look like? What does it mean to say that a reflection is a transformation -- a function? How does the study of transformations and matrices in high school connect with la…
Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of Figures -- Prologue -- Who We Are -- What Brings Us Together -- Our Process -- Our Lines of Flight -- Kelleen -- Diane -- Diane and Kelleen -- Margaret -- Cher -- Nathalie -- Suzanne -- An…