Originally published in 2007, in Russian, by the Moscow Center for Continuous Mathematical Education, this book begins with coverage of the elementary properties of conics--material that can be approached with standard high school curriculum as background; the second chapter covers some auxiliary material not usually covered in high school but necessary for understanding the following, more complicated chapters on projective properties, and metric properties of conics. Some 50 exercises and problems (with solutions) offer support, along with approximately 100 carefully prepared figures. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)