The Four Pillars of Geometry

• Main Author: Stillwell, John (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Axler, S. (Editor), Ribet, K.A (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2005.
• Series: Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics,
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Matrix theory.; Algebra.; Geometry.; Linear and Multilinear Algebras, Matrix Theory.

For two millennia the right way to teach geometry was the Euclidean approach, and in many respects, this is still the case. But in the 1950s the cry "Down with triangles!" was heard in France and new geometry books appeared, packed with linear algebra but with no diagrams. Was this the new...