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Flatterland: Like Flatland, Only More So / Stewart, Ian ; Abbott E., 2001

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Identifier: CC-35885-37646

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Scope and Contents

This book is published as a sequel to "Flatland" by Edwin Abbott Abbott, published in 1884, in which all the inhabitants are two dimensional. Stewart, who is a professor of mathematics, created this contemporary guide of a journey through Mathiverse. His main character, Victoria Line, explores the "present understanding of the shape and origins of the universe, the nature of space, time and matter and modern geometrics and their applications." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 2001

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 hard cover book (301 pages) in dust jacket) ; 21.7 x 14.9 x 3 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

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Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Perseus Publishing. Nationality of creator: British. General: Added by: RED; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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