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. Now, British mathematician and accomplished science writer Ian Stewart has written a fascinating, modern sequel to Abbott's book. As both a witty satire of Victorian society and a means by which to explore the fourth dimension, Flatland remains a tour de force. Abbott published a brilliant novel about mathematics and philosophy that charmed and fascinated all of England. Movement from the bottom towards the top generally indicates movement forward in time (not to scale) and vice versa.In 1884, Edwin A. The dashed blue line indicates the path of the time machine (counterclockwise). The dashed red line indicates the path of the portable white hole (clockwise). You then travel back in time and give the past version of yourself (3) the time machine.millions of years) that the black hole has evaporated due to Hawking radiation. You use the time machine to go far enough into the future (i.e.You go back into the black hole and give the past version of yourself (2) the portable white hole.Another future version of yourself (6) appears and gives you a time machine.You use the portable white hole to escape the black hole.

A future version of yourself (4) appears and gives you a portable white hole. This is a Feynman diagram explaining how to escape from a black hole as mentioned in the book. Hopper and Victoria also visit the Domain of the Hawk King to discuss time travel and the theory of relativity. Topology and hyperbolic geometry are also discussed, as well as the Projective 'Plain' (complete with intersecting 'lions') and the quantum level. After showing Vikki higher dimensions, he begins showing her more modern theories, such as fractional dimensions and dimensions with isolated points. The Space Hopper, more than being able to move between Flatland and Spaceland, can travel to any space in the Mathiverse, a set of all imaginable worlds. This prompts her to invite a sphere from Spaceland to visit her, but instead she is visited by the 'Space Hopper' (a character looking somewhat like the 'Space Hopper' children's toy with a gigantic grin, horns and a spherical body).

(which we find out stands for Albert) Square's adventures that were related in Flatland, his great-great-granddaughter, Victoria Line (Vikki), finds a copy of his book in her basement.

Flatterland by ian stewart