Flatlanders and The Planiverse
Sebastian Hergott
sebastian.hergott
Fri Apr 18 14:54:49 PDT 2003
In terms of eToys in SqueakLAND, has anyone read this book? thoughts?
The Planiverse. Computer Contact with a Two-Dimensional World
Author(s): A. K. Dewdney
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0387989161
Format: softback
245pp
Price: ?15.00, $22.00
Review Date: March 23, 2001
Review: This book, first published 16 years ago, follows in the genre of Edward Abbot's nineteenth century classic Flatland. The story is written in the style of an academic - in the computer lab of a large university a group of students and their
professor are working on mainframe, modelling an imaginary two-dimensional world. Suddenly one student notices that the world that they are building with their graphics program is inhabited! They are soon entranced by a universe in which astonishing tiny
creatures, 2-D Ardeans, exist solely on an x-y plane. This mental puzzle invites the reader to imagine how a two-dimensional world might work.. An appendix includes readers' contributions made to Scientific American , following an article about the 2-D
universe, from the viewpoints of physics, chemistry, planetary science, biology, astronomy and technology.
Source: http://www.booknews.co.uk/Books/1806.htm
The more I discuss Squeak with folks, the richer I become. Thanks to C. Matthews for this.
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Sebastian Hergott
Teacher/Intermediate Program Coordinator - CyberARTS
Arts and Information Technology Convener
ASA (Academic Services Associate)
Don Mills Middle School, tel. 395-2320
17 The Donway East, Don Mills, Ontario, M3C 1X6, Canada
sebastian.hergott at tel.tdsb.on.ca
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