Flatterland: Like Flatland, Only More So ebook

by Ian Stewart

Ian stewart did a marvelous job with this book. I definately enjoyed this book and I think it was a very good attempted sequel to the brilliant Flatland.

Ian stewart did a marvelous job with this book. I first read its prequel "flatland" based on a recommendation from youtuber "Vsauce," and it was thick and Victorian styled (although it helps to read the prequel before the sequel). Flatter land breaks away from the complexity of words and adds in complexity in math and visualizations of dimensions, true mathmatical meaning, and more. It is written in an easy to read manner that gives you room to think as well as encouragement. In essence the book follows a descendent of A. Square (he is disgraced and locked in a psyche ward).

Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Flatterland: Like Flatland Only More S. With Flatterland, Ian Stewart, an amiable professor of mathematics at the University of Warwick, updates the science of Flatland, adding literally countless dimensions to Abbott's scheme of things ("Your world has not just four dimensions," one of his characters proclaims, "but five, fifty, a million, or even an infinity of them! And none of them need be time. Space of a hundred and one dimensions is just as real as a space of three dimensions").

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Now, British mathematician and accomplished science writer Ian Stewart has written a fascinating, modern sequel to Abbott's book. Through larger-than-life characters and an inspired story line, Flatterland 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. In 1884, Edwin A. Abbott published a brilliant novel about mathematics and philosophy that charmed and fascinated all of England. As both a witty satire of Victorian society and a means by which to explore the fourth dimension, Flatland remains a tour de force.

Poor Ian Stewart - once he caught the Flatland bug while writing Flatterland, he. .So Flatland-the-book is an artifact of the 19th Century; Flatterland is a artifact of the 21st and does it rather well.

Poor Ian Stewart - once he caught the Flatland bug while writing Flatterland, he couldn't stop himself. In The Annotated Flatland, Stewart dissects the people, history, meaning, and mathematics behind the original. Sphereland feels more like a timeless sequel to Flatland, but having had time to ponder, I think Flatterland is the true contemporary follow-on; it addresses pertinent questions now and using concepts familiar to the current audience.

As a deliberate reply to the 19th Century Flatland (Abbott, 1992(Abbott, [1884) explaining geometry and dimensionality, Stewart's (2001) book is entitled Flatterland

Now, from mathematician and accomplished science writer Ian Stewart, comes what Nature calls "a superb sequel. As a deliberate reply to the 19th Century Flatland (Abbott, 1992(Abbott, [1884) explaining geometry and dimensionality, Stewart's (2001) book is entitled Flatterland. In the book, "Topologica" is a continuous space of flows and movements that are of differing speeds and intensities, but never as such depart from a singular plane.

Ian Stewart's bold step is to have the story told by a female, a line! This allows him to present a fresh view of Flatland from a young woman seeking recognition and liberation

Ian Stewart's bold step is to have the story told by a female, a line! This allows him to present a fresh view of Flatland from a young woman seeking recognition and liberation. The chance to leave her two-dimensional confines and explore a whole range of new spaces is an irresistibe opportunity, and this series of visitations comprises most of the book. Having a one-dimenional narrator of course calls for an even greater suspension of judgement that following the adventures of sentient beings possessing two-dimensional brains.

Geometry, the Final Frontier. These are the math-ematical voyages of Vikki Line of Flatlan.

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Flatterland is an extension of Flatland only on subjects of mathematics (from the elementary to the Hawk King). It fails to expand in the areas of politics, spirituality, and equality - only hinting at them as though they were afterthoughts - that made Flatland such a well-rounded read. Flatterland is nonetheless entertaining and informative, and is recommended.

In 1884, Edwin A. Abbott published a brilliant novel about mathematics and philosophy that charmed and fascinated all of England. As both a witty satire of Victorian society and a means by which to explore the fourth dimension, Flatland remains a tour de force. Now, British mathematician and accomplished science writer Ian Stewart has written a fascinating, modern sequel to Abbott's book. Through larger-than-life characters and an inspired story line, Flatterland 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. The journey begins when our heroine, Victoria Line, comes upon her great-great-grandfather A. Square's diary, hidden in the attic. The writings help her to contact the Space Hopper, who becomes her guide and mentor through eleven dimensions. Along the way, we meet Schrödinger's Cat, The Charming Construction Entity, The Mandelblot (who lives in Fractalia), and Moobius the one-sided cow. In the tradition of Alice in Wonder-land and The Phantom Toll Booth, this magnificent investigation into the nature of reality is destined to become a modern classic.

Kipabi

Sorta like Flatland. If you wish there was sequel to Flatland then this is it. It's way more advanced though. If you don't have a degree in topology then you won't understand it all, but it's simple enough to be fascinating. It goes through a lot of very strange dimensional spaces from an anthropomorphic perspective. It'll make you want to learn more.

BlackHaze

I definately enjoyed this book and I think it was a very good attempted sequel to the brilliant Flatland. In essence the book follows a descendent of A. Square (he is disgraced and locked in a psyche ward). After a night were her parents were constantly harasing her she is visited by a multi-dimensional being much like Square was in the original. Here is where it parallels. The character in conjunction with her multi-dimensional guide shows her theoretical mathematical notions and "worlds" that little is known of or that is generally thought to be impossible. The book hits on many advanced notions of math, and is definately not an easy read for someone with an interest in math.

I took off 1 star for the following reasons. (1) Some of the math is very difficult to understand and is very advanced for the casual reader. While I guess it does make sense to do it this way since theory of the 3rd dimension (sphere) was not known or believed in during Abott's day. (2) The book certainly does not have the same ingenius level of political satire and commenatry as the original. Flatland was filled with social and political commentary and accusations of government coverups as well as social inequality during 1800s England and this books does not even even come close in doing this in any spirit. Again, I guess the author knew his limitations and this makes sense.

This book is definately a great read and is really really interesting. Some parts of it can be very hard to get through as the math can get very murky and in depth. The book is definately a very fast read and the ending is quite good. The overall spirit of Flatland is present in this book, but I definately recommend reading the original one before reading this one to get a hang of whats going on to some tangential degree.

Definately get this book, I am glad I read it and I loved it.

Made-with-Love

Ian stewart did a marvelous job with this book. I first read its prequel "flatland" based on a recommendation from youtuber "Vsauce," and it was thick and Victorian styled (although it helps to read the prequel before the sequel). Flatter land breaks away from the complexity of words and adds in complexity in math and visualizations of dimensions, true mathmatical meaning, and more. It is written in an easy to read manner that gives you room to think as well as encouragement. The book has a lot of wordplay that Satires our world today (hogsburgers and oxburgers) much like Edwin Abbott did when he wrote flatland. I am going on an Ian Stewart binge after reading this book because he is a mathematical and visionary genius, with many many titles to his name and even more experience as a mathematician.

invasion

The book itself is OK. The author covers a lot of different areas that are newish in mathematics--sometimes it seems like too much, but there are lots of connections so I won't gripe too much. The writing is a little too cute with a lot of puns but that is a matter of style. I have to commend the author on the attempt to introduce very difficult material in a simpler way. This book would have gotten another star if the publisher hadn't attempted to save money by not proofreading the Kindle conversion.

It is very irritating to be trying to work out the math, and finding that the 0's have been converted to o's and 1's to l's, I's to /s, etc. This is just very sloppy work, and it's not the first time that Amazon conversions have garbled text in similar ways.

When I called to complain I got shuffled around a bit, and told I needed to reboot my Kindle, which of course did no good. I finally got someone to give me a partial refund. Please do the same if you buy this book as a Kindle version so that they get the hint that they are not saving money.

Shazel

This book is very clever and introduces students to higher mathematical concepts in a fun and often punny way. My 8th grade students loved it as a read-aloud throughout the year.