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The year is 1981, and in the computer lab of a large university a group of graduate students and their professor are hard at work on their mainframe, graphically modeling an imaginary two-dimensional world. The project is going well, extraordinarily well, when one student suddenly notices that the world they are building with their graphics program is . . . inhabited! So begins A.K. DewdneyÕs newly republished 1984 tale of trans-dimensional discovery and communication. The students and their professor find, to their astonishment, that they are communicating with Yendred, their only contact in the 2D world of Arde. At first disbelieving, they are soon entranced by a universe in which astonishing tiny creaturesÑindeed an entire astonishing worldÑexist solely on an x-y plane. This book, following in the footsteps Edward AbbotÕs nineteenth century classic Flatland, is a cult favorite among mathematicians and computer scientists. As a kind of mental puzzle or brain-teaser, it challenges and delights, inviting readers to imagine just how a two-dimensional world might work. But the book is also a parable, serving as a cautionary tale about the difficulties of communication from one totally alien world to another, and suggesting that it is not only two-dimensional Ardeans who fail to see beyond the the obvious world before their eyes.
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- ÉditeurMcClelland & Stewart Ltd
- Date d'édition1984
- ISBN 10 0771027427
- ISBN 13 9780771027420
- ReliureBroché
- Langueanglais
- Coordonnées du fabricantnon disponible
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Planiverse Computer Contact With a Two-Dimensional World
Edité par
McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 1984
ISBN 10 : 0771027427
ISBN 13 : 9780771027420
Ancien ou d'occasion
Soft cover
Vendeur : The Bookseller, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Minor shelf wear. Otherwise a square, tight, unmarked book. 267 pp. N° de réf. du vendeur 045762
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Planiverse Computer Contact with a Two-Dimensional World
Edité par
McClelland & Stewart, 1984
ISBN 10 : 0771027427
ISBN 13 : 9780771027420
Ancien ou d'occasion
Softcover
Edition originale
Vendeur : Boards & Wraps, Baltimore, MD, Etats-Unis
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Softcover. Etat : Very Good-. First Edition. Light toning, faint foxing, a few creases and tiny tears, bump to upper tip. Photo on request. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 267 pages. N° de réf. du vendeur 85525
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Planiverse: Computer Contact With a Two-Dimensional World ** SIGNED **
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McClelland & Stewart Ltd, Toronto, 1984
ISBN 10 : 0771027427
ISBN 13 : 9780771027420
Ancien ou d'occasion
Soft cover
Edition originale
Signé
Vendeur : Lower Beverley Better Books, Lyndhurst, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. Etat : Fine. No Jacket. Arde (illustrateur). First Edition. 2DWORLD [Preface by author] dated June, 1981 at Wytham, Oxford. 236 pp. plus: Appendix, Acknowledgments. Card covers have bit of edge wear, rear corners slightly creased. Book is from the collection of Toronto author/poet and perennial Harbourfront Festival host, Greg Gatenby. Date of the book's acquisition and Greg's signature are on ffep/half-title page. Dedication:" For Greg with much apprehension/appreciation (first reading) Kee Dewdney May 22/84 Harbourfront " SIGNED by AUTHOR Bookseller's Inventory # 122933. Inscribed by Author(s). N° de réf. du vendeur 002933
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