| Physical description |
1 online resource (xxxi, 247 pages 124 illustrations) |
| Contents |
Intro: 2DWorld -- Arde -- A House by the Sea -- On Fiddib Har -- Walking to Is Felblt -- City Below Ground -- The Trek -- The Punizlan Institute -- Traveling on the Wind -- High on Dahl Radam -- Drabk the Sharak of Okbra -- Higher Dimensions -- Appendix -- Acknowledgements. |
| Summary |
The Planiverse is a classic book about life in a two-dimensional universe. A.K. Dewdney is a well-known author, and this is a well-known book, which is now brought back into print in a revised and updated edition. The book is written within the great tradition of Abbott's Flatland, and Hinton's famous Sphereland. Accessible, imaginative, clever, the book will appeal to a wide array of readers, from serious mathematicians and computer scientists, to science fiction fans. |
| Subject |
Computer science.
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Electronic data processing.
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| ISBN |
9781461301998 (electronic bk.) |
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1461301998 (electronic bk.) |
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9780387989167 |
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0387989161 |
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