Contributed by
Anonymous
[William Sleator's The Boy Who
Reversed Himself is] a book catering to a preteen or early teen
audience about three high school students' adventures in 4-dimensional (and
higher) space. It includes some good conceptual explanations of how
four-space would work.
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Contributed by
Anonymous
An awsome book! I'm 12 years old and I find this book to give a good deal of 4-D theorys that I've used in my own writing work.
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Contributed by
Sarah-Marie Belcastro
This is great! Lots and lots of 2D : 3D as 3D : 4D stuff, very well explained, and almost all correct (two errors: page 39, someone flipped over through 4-space perceives her handedness as changed, and p.134 a hypercube is described as non-euclidean). Very mathematical, and very enjoyable. Also accurately reflective of the inner life of teens. Excellent. This has got to be one of the best mathematical novels I've ever read.
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Contributed by
Mooner
I thought this book was AWESOME!!!. I'm 10 yeard old, and this book really got me thinking about other dimensions and physics. I thought that it was really well written.
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Contributed by
chloe
i read this when i was about 13... one of the best books i've ever read! had me wishing for years that i could figure out how to get to the fourth dimension... i think i need to find a copy and read it again.
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Contributed by
Anonymous
I remember this book, I read it about five years ago when I was eleven or twelve, and I've always remembered it...It was just a random pick off the teacher's shelf but ended up being an excellent read.
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Contributed by
Christina F.
This book is really amazing... it was something beyond my imagination... it was carefully written, giving the fullest explanation he can give... so, Mr. Sleator, i salute you... You're one of my mentors in writing these kind of books...
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Contributed by
tobi
worst book i've ever read!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the author isn't doing a good job explaining stuff most of the book's content is very unrealistic!!!
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Contributed by
Maya
I'm 12 years old and I thought it was so boring I wanted to sleep while reading it. I thought it was horrible, with no point at all. The main characters are dull with no personality at all. Although I think the author had a very good idea of how 4-space looked. I thought it was an appauling book though, it was like reading the nursery book 1, 2, 3 Little Bunnies all over again. Horrible book.
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Contributed by
Alejandro B
This book is fantastic. Not only is it a wonderful science fiction novel in its own right, the story is a good way to easily digest the ideas of 4-D and higher-dimensional space. As a parent, I have been looking for books to recommend to my children to teach them math, and this novel is now on the top of my list.
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