Geometry for the Curious

The book by the well-known science popularizer for children Yakov Isidorovich Perelman, "Geometry for the Inquisitive," contains numerous geometric problems from the realms of nature, everyday life, astronomy, physics, and geography that can be solved without knowledge of complex formulas and theorems. The book will serve as an entertaining addition to educational material and will also be useful for teachers who wish to diversify geometry lessons with non-standard problems. This edition includes Yakov Perelman's novella "To the Moon by Rocket," in which the characters use unconventional methods of measuring distances. The captivating novella tells the story of Kibalchich and Tsiolkovsky inventing the first rockets and the fantastic, yet quite real for our time, journey to the Moon in 1930.
For middle school age.