The New Flatland

SilenceKit writes "The New York Times has a cool story today on a sequel to Flatland, the classic geometry/social satire which "it may be no exaggeration to say has been read by every self-respecting physicist, mathematician and science fiction writer." The new one, by Ian Stewart, is called "Flatterland" and is a tour of a century of strange geometry -- from fractals to "Minkowski space," whatever that is. The story (free registration required) is at the Times" I was loaned Flatland: A Romance Of Many Dimensions by one of my college profs - it's a great book, and this come from someone who really hated geometry (What bad high school teachers can do). It's still available on fatbrain - pretty good for a 19th century text about geometry, to still be in print.