Flatterland

Like Flatland, Only More So

Ian Stewart

302 pages, parution le 07/06/2002

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Résumé

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, 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 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.

Contents

THE THIRD DIMENSION
VICTORIA'S DIARY
THE VISITATION
A HUNDRED AND ONE DIMENSIONS
ONE AND A QUARTER DIMENSIONS
THE TOPOLOGIST'S TEA-PARTY
ALONG THE LOOKING-GLASS
GRAPE THEORY
WHAT IS A GEOMETRY?
PLATTERLAND
CAT COUNTRY
THE PARADOX TWINS
THE DOMAIN OF THE HAWK KING

L'auteur - Ian Stewart

Ian Stewart, professeur émérite de mathématiques à l'université de Warwick (Grande-Bretagne), prix Faraday 2001 de la Royal Society, a publié plus de quatre-vingts livres, dont de nombreux best-sellers. Sont disponibles dans la collection Champs : Dieu joue-t-il aux dés ?, La Chasse aux trésors mathématiques, 17 équations qui ont changé le monde.

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Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Perseus Publishing
Auteur(s)	Ian Stewart
Parution	07/06/2002
Nb. de pages	302
Format	14 x 21
Couverture	Broché
Poids	358g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780738206752
ISBN13	978-0-7382-0675-2