Geometry
by Robin Hartshorne · first published 2000
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…already gets in school generally helps learners in supplementary programs like Khan Academy. A really great example of a superb mathematics textbook by a top mathematician, all with hand-drawn diagrams, is Geometry: Euclid and Beyond by Robin Hartshorne. http://www.amazon.com/Geometry-Euclid-Beyond-Robin-Hartshorn... The author explains his rationale for having hand-drawn rather than computer-generated geometry…
on “Ask HN: does Khan Academy's informal style help or hurt students?” ↗Always. Robin Hartshorne's "Geometry: Euclid and Beyond" is the best book of its kind. It does Euclidean geometry with Hilbert's axioms and cleans up some of the loose ends of Euclid's classical treatment. Hartshorns book also covered…
on “Ask HN: Are there books for mathematics like Feynman's lectures on physics?” ↗