This is the second of a two-volume textbook that provides a very readable and lively presentation of large parts of geometry in the classical sense. For each topic the author presents a theorem that is esthetically pleasing and easily stated, although the proof may be quite hard and concealed. Yet another strong trait of the book is that it provides a comprehensive and unified reference source for the field of geometry in the full breadth of its subfields and ramifications.

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InhaltsangabePolytopes; compact convex sets.- Quadratic forms.- Projective quadrics.- Affine quadrics.- Projective conics.- Euclidean conics.- The sphere for its own sake.- Elliptic and hyperbolic geometry.- The space of spheres.