Putting in several hours over a few weeks, we've made some progress. But I can't tell you yet how it all works out. I think we have to cross a lake to get to the next major scene, but the sailboat apparently goes only in circles. Copyright 1996 by Ivars Peterson. Stranger in a strange land.
Comments are welcome.
Vintage Books, 1996. Ivars Peterson is the mathematics and physics writer at Science News. He is the author of The Mathematical Tourist, Islands of Truth, Newton's Clock, and Fatal Defect.