The Dot and the Line; A Romance in Lower Mathematics
Author:
Norton Juster
Publication:
1963 by Random House
Genre:
Fables, Fiction, Humor, Math
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Here, in the anguished story of a straight line who falls in love with a dot, is a romance destined to take its place among the immortal works of our literature. But is it merely a poignant and exquisite evocation of an eternal theme? A sensitive, soul-searcing examination of an essential problem? Or is it rather, in these uncertain times when man stand alienated from the very meaning of life itself, more like a beacon—a shaft of light illuminating a path to some higher understanding? We doubt it.
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The Dot & the Line by Norton Juster
Reviewed by Sherry Early
Is it geometry or is it a love story? Or both? Or is it a philosophical tale about the line between freedom and anarchy and which is more attractive? Norton Juster’s little book, The Dot & the Line tells the story of a love triangle in which the Dot is torn between the sensible Line and the free-spirited Squiggle. . .
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