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Flatterland: Like Flatland, Only More So
by Ian Stewart
from Basic Books

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0

• Thought-provoking book!
  I actually borrowed this book from the local library because I loved the "prequel" so well and thought this looked interesting. I was not at all disappointed. "Flatterland" is truly like Flatland, only more so. Stewart takes the reader on a journey through different mathematical "places" and in doing so explains a wide variety of theories and aspects of mathematics in an easy-to-understand style that even a novice can appreciate. Even months after I read it, parts came back to me and helped me see things in... more info

• Good try, but failed miserably
  The first person narrative was refreshing to read at the beginning, and the adventure-like storyline was a welcome deviation from other popular math books, at least that was what I thought at the beginning... Apparently the author is better at mathematics than writing, and his ideas of following the writing style of "Flatland" quickly gets old. The book is filled with supposedly "amusing" dialogues between the main characters of the story very intrusive. These dialogues add little value towards the goal of... more info

• Great sequel to Flatland and intro to higher mathematical concepts
  While the author of Flatterland does not have the same objectives in mind as Abbott had in the original, I think this is a great book and excellent introduction into higher mathematical concepts. Stewart maintains the same premise and style as the original while adding a modern twist; namely, the VUE finder that helps Victoria Line better understand mathematical spaces and concepts.
  As a math major and future math teacher, I think this book is a great introduction to some of the more abstract and... more info

• Crapperland, only more so
  The author describes his main character as "a thoroughly modern young woman in a society rather like Britain and the US in the early sixties."
  His interpretation of how such a person thinks and talks is so distracting. It is like reading Nancy Drew mixed with Donna Reed dialogue. The main character writes in her diary with sentences like "Oh, Diary Dearest" and follows with other nauseating dialogue with her parents. It made me want to throw the book across the room. I seriously considered not reading... more info

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