Title: Flatterland: Like Flatland Only Pompous
Product review: Please do not judge the classic "Flatland" by the bland "Flatterland". While "Flatland" was creative and alegorical, "Flatterland" is just an exercise in cutesy phrasing.I suppose that Stewart does a decent job of explaining multidimensional geometry to the layman, but is there a need to do it so condescendingly? And what is there of a message beyond the mathematical analogies? Abbott's original is a classic because it is socially relevant. Stewart even references this, but he makes no effort to provide a current relevance to his story other than to reference current culture.This book is an insult to the original classic. Those looking for a better understanding of multidimensional mathematics and physics are better off looking elsewhere.
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