Dionys Burger
Encyclopedia
Dionys Burger was a Dutch
mathematician (in original Dutch
: Dionijs Burger) and author of the novel Sphereland
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Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
mathematician (in original Dutch
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
: Dionijs Burger) and author of the novel Sphereland
Sphereland
Sphereland: A Fantasy About Curved Spaces and an Expanding Universe is a 1965 novel by Dionys Burger, and is a sequel to Flatland, a novel by "A Square" . The novel expands upon the social and mathematical foundations on which Flatland is based...
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