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John Allen Paulos is professor of mathematics at Temple University and the author of eight previous books, including the bestselling Innumeracy and A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper.
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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (1884) — Afterword, some editions — 9,534 copies

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Palos is hard to beat, when it comes to explaining both good and bad reasoning.
 
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mykl-s | 34 other reviews | Aug 9, 2023 |
Interesting subject made dull by prose.
 
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EZLivin | 11 other reviews | Jul 4, 2023 |
I have complicated feelings about this book; I probably should have found the most recent version, to see if the balance between my yesses and nos changed at all.
 
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