Stewart, Ian, 1945-

Flatterland : like Flatland, only more so / Ian Stewart. - Cambridge, Mass. : Perseus Pub., 2002, c2001. - xi, 301 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Reprint. Originally published: c2001. Includes index.

From Flatland to Flatterland -- third dimension -- Victoria's diary -- visitation -- hundred and one dimensions -- One and a quarter dimensions -- topologist's tea-party -- Along the looking-glass -- Grape theory -- What is a geometry? -- Platterland -- Cat country -- paradox twins -- domain of the hawk king -- Down the wormhole -- What shape is the universe? -- No-branes and p-branes -- Flatterland -- tenth dimension. 1. The 2. 3. The 4. A 5. 6. The 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. The 13. The 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. The

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Universe--Fiction.


Mathematics--Fiction.


Science fiction.

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