Flatterland: Like Flatland, Only More So Hardcover - 2001

MacMillan, London, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. First Impression. Size: 8vo Octavo (standard book size). 301 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Scattered foxing, but text mostly clean. Dust Jacket is not price clipped and in excellent condition. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. This book is available and will be shipped within two business days. All items are tracked and details are available on request.. First there was Edwin A. Abbott's remarkable Flatland, published in 1884, and one of the all-time classics of popular mathematics. 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. 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 tempts her away from her home and family in Flatland and becomes her guide and mentor through ten dimensions. 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. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Britain/UK; science & Technology. ISBN: 0333783123. ISBN/EAN: 9780333783122. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 5862. . 9780333783122