It was written by Hungarian-Australian mathematician Márta Svéd and published in 1991 by the Mathematical Association of America in their MAA Spectrum book series.

Following these chapters, more conventionally written material covers geometric axiom systems and provides solutions to the exercises.

[3] Reviewer William E. Fenton is unsure of the audience of the book, writing that it is not suitable as a textbook and would scare most undergraduates, but is too unserious for graduate students.

[3] Fenton criticizes the book's style as a little too glib and lead-footed, and its illustrations as amateurish.

[2] Nevertheless Fenton writes that he found the book engrossing and well-organized, particularly praising its exercises.