"Moobius") and plays on names ("the Hawk King," who presides over a wormhole-ridden realm in the space-time continuum). Stewart ( The Science of Discworld) keeps the tone light with incessant puns (a one-sided cow named Accompanied by a Space Hopper guide, she tours landmarks of the post-Einsteinian universe that include fractal geometry, black holes, cosmic strings and quantum theory. That slyly satirized rigid Victorian society, Stewart's sequel is an episodic ramble through the "flatterland" of modern mathematical theory that begins when teenaged Flatlander Vikki Line, great-great-granddaughter of Abbott's narrator, uses her ancestor's "hysterical document" as a passport to the Mathiverse. Where Abbott's compact fable about a two-dimensional world discomposed by the discovery of a third dimension was a jeu d'esprit Inventory No: 5862.Higher mathematics and low comedy intersect acutely in this fuzzy follow-up to Edwin Abbott's 1884 classic, Flatland. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy Britain/UK science & Technology.
In the tradition of Alice in Wonderland and The Phantom Toll Booth, this magnificent investigation into the nature of reality is destined to become a modern classic. The writings help her to contact the Space Hopper, who tempts her away from her home and family in Flatland and becomes her guide and mentor through ten dimensions. The journey begins when our heroine, Victoria Line, comes upon her great-great-grandfather A. Now, from mathematician and accomplished science writer Ian Stewart, comes what Nature calls ''a superb sequel.'' Through larger-than-life characters and an inspired story line, Flatter land explores our present understanding of the shape and origins of the universe, the nature of space, time, and matter, as well as modern geometries and their applications.
Abbott's remarkable Flatland, published in 1884, and one of the all-time classics of popular mathematics. All items are tracked and details are available on request. This book is available and will be shipped within two business days. Dust Jacket is not price clipped and in excellent condition. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting.
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