- Paperback: 300 pages
- Publisher: Pan; New edition edition (7 Mar 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0330393774
- ISBN-13: 978-0330393775
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 446,726 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"The most exciting book I have read this year...truly amazing." A.S. Byatt, Daily Telegraph "A book in which the hard science is as gripping as the fiction" The Times "A provocative, ambitious, and enjoyable attempt to ask and answer some of the most interesting Big Questions of modern science..." New Scientist
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The brilliant "sequel" to one of the all-time classics of popular mathematics.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
An absolutely fantastic book.
A great read even if you haven't read Flatland. This book takes you on a journey through the mathiverse and explains mathematics in ways which make it far easier to grasp some of the more difficult concepts. Although it can sometimes take some re-reading to fully understand some of the more challenging mathematical ideas, it is well worth it. Fab as a 'story book' or to learn about maths.
Highly recommended.
A great read even if you haven't read Flatland. This book takes you on a journey through the mathiverse and explains mathematics in ways which make it far easier to grasp some of the more difficult concepts. Although it can sometimes take some re-reading to fully understand some of the more challenging mathematical ideas, it is well worth it. Fab as a 'story book' or to learn about maths.
Highly recommended.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Great book!
Does for physics/mathemetics/geometry what 'Sophies World' does for Philosophy, with elements of 'Hitch-Hikers Guide' 'Brief History Of Time' and some crazy bad puns.
Its one of those books you'll have to re-read to understand all the concepts but the story which runs aside it makes it all the more worth-while.
Loved it.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
If it hadn't been for Stewart's overly politically correct approach to this sequel to "Flatland" by Edwin A Abbott (an obscure victorian satire portraying women as one dimensional lines who are inferior to men), I would have enjoyed this book emensely. Perhaps Stewart felt guilty about Edwin Abbott's commentary on the Victorian prejudices, or maybe he felt it would sell better by saying women are far superior to short-sighted men; either way it was annoying and wholly pointless.
Anyway, it introduces mathematical subjects like fractals and wormholes/time travel in a different and more interesting format to most popular science books. It was funny in parts, and both my mother (useless at maths) and I (taking A-level maths) understood and enjoyed this book. (Saying this, I thought he spent too long explaining some topics, then neglected to explain others thouroughly.)
A great book for those who are interested in widening their maths knowledge, written in a non-patronizing way, especially for a University professor - shame he had to spoil it with the ridiculously PC subplot.
Anyway, it introduces mathematical subjects like fractals and wormholes/time travel in a different and more interesting format to most popular science books. It was funny in parts, and both my mother (useless at maths) and I (taking A-level maths) understood and enjoyed this book. (Saying this, I thought he spent too long explaining some topics, then neglected to explain others thouroughly.)
A great book for those who are interested in widening their maths knowledge, written in a non-patronizing way, especially for a University professor - shame he had to spoil it with the ridiculously PC subplot.
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