Entertaining geometry between business and joke

"Between the matter and the joke" - the second part of the "entertaining geometry" (the first part is "entertaining geometry in the free air") Here, the famous popularizer of science Yakov Isidorovich Perelman proposes to postpone the school textbook aside. And start a journey into entertaining geometry with the heroes of Mine Reed, Mark Twain, Swift ...
- measure the volume of the barrel at the bottom of the hold along with the sea wolf cap "of Mine Read.
- Learn the weight of the apple of the country of giants with Gulliver.
- go into night wandering with Mark Twain.
- calculate how much land a person needs, along with the arable to Leo Tolstoy.
- solve the problem of Napoleon.
Together with the best guide in the world of entertaining sciences, even the enemies of geometry will become her friends!
The new edition of "entertaining geometry" accompanies modern illustrations. The drawings are made in full accordance with the originals, new drawings were added that complement quotes, unusual tasks and witty observations of Yakov Isidorovich Perelman. The text of the entertaining geometry was carefully distilled with the first editions of the book. An annoying mistakes and typos, wandering from reprints, were caught and fixed.
For secondary school age