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Review of Circles: A Mathematical View, by Dan Pedoe, The Mathematical Association of America, Washington, D. C , 1995. 144 pp. $18.95(paper). ISBN 0-88385-518-6.
Although it is the simplest of all nonlinear geometric forms, the circle is far from trivial. It is indeed a pleasure that The Mathematical Association of America chose to reprint an update of this classic first printed in 1957. Geometry teaching has been in retreat for many years in the US and that has been a sad (and very bad) thing. It is also puzzling...