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Author Stewart, Ian, 1945-

Title Flatterland : like Flatland, only more so / Ian Stewart.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Perseus Pub., 2001.

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 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  513.82 STE    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  513.82 STEWART    Check Shelf
Description xi, 301 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Note Sequel to: Flatland / Edwin A. Abbott.
Bibliography Includes index.
Contents From Flatland to Flatterland -- 1. The third dimension -- 2. Victoria's diary -- 3. The visitation -- 4. A hundred and one dimensions -- 5. One and a quarter dimensions -- 6. The topologist's tea-party -- 7. Along the looking-glass -- 8. Grape theory -- 9. What is a geometry? -- 10. Platterland -- 11. Cat country -- 12. The paradox twins -- 13. The domain of the hawk king -- 14. Down the wormhole -- 15. What shape is the universe? -- 16. No-branes and p-branes -- 17. Flatterland -- 18. The tenth dimension.
Subject Fourth dimension.
Mathematics -- Popular works.
Space and time -- Popular works.
Added Author Abbott, Edwin Abbott, 1838-1926. Flatland.
ISBN 0738204420
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