Title: Bride of Flatland
Product review: "Flatterland" is billed as the sequel to the book "Flatland" and like most Hollywood sequels, "Flatterland" doesn't measure up to the original. On the subjects that I do know something about (e.g. Doppler shifts) there are minor technical errors, but not of any significance. However, in my opinion, the book fails because it is too much like a Hollywood production. In an attempt to appease everyone, the book performs a "Dante like tour" (the book's author's words, not mine) of the huge realm of mathematics and beyond while not attempting to explain anything in any detail. To my mind this attempt at "drive by learning" simply does not work. The book would be better served by addressing fewer subjects at a slightly more detailed level. Also, (like a Hollywood production) I could have done without the author interjecting his political views throughout the book.
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