The Mathematical Aspects of Lewis Carrolls Alice in Wonderland Essay

The Mathematical Aspects of Lewis Carrolls Alice in WonderlandThe story Alice in Wonderland was written about a little girl named Alice who was a child of the dean of the church service of Christ. Alice Liddell was the one who convinced Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) to write down the verbal story originally known as Alices Adventure Underground.Actually, the book is known by several(prenominal) different names, Alices Hours in Elfand,Alices Adventures in Wonderland, and Alice in Wonderland.I found it interesting that the Mid-Continent Public Library once listed the book under Lewis Carroll and has recently changed it to Charles L. Dodgson. If one looks on the placement of the book, Carroll was actually crossed off and Dodgson written over(Lewis Carroll Biography, The Victorian Web). As I began reading the book Alice in Wonderland, it was very obvious that Lewis Carroll was a logical mathematician.The coetaneous math class that I am currently taking has opened a new level of unde rstanding for myself if I had read the book anytime prior(prenominal) it would have read simply as an unusual childs fairytale.I find it interesting that the book Alice in Wonderland follows the first couple sections of our contemporary math book.I actually insure the mathematics behind the story.I never knew that math could be turned into a fairytale( pottyson/Mowry 46-47). The book begins with Alice and her sister sitting by the bank as Alice grows tired.Alice believes she sees a livid rabbit running by and decides to run after it.The rabbit jumps into a hole and Alice follows.I believe Lewis Carroll was a very intelligent man and like to estate his complex ideas through the use of Alice for you see Alice had learned several things of this sort in her lessons in the sch... ...ting effect(Weber,Food ,Drink,and Public Health in the Alice Books). Works Cited Carroll,L.(1952). Alice in Wonderland.Philadelphia TorontoThe John C. Winston Company. Johnson,D.,& Mowry,T.(1988).Mathema tics,A Practical Odyssey (3rd ed.). California Brooks/Cole Publishing Company. Connell, Kate. Opium as a Possible Influence upon the Alice Books celestial latitude 1993. Brown University/Victorian Web. July 17,2000 <http//landow.stg.brown.ed/victorian/carroll/aiw14.html. Lewis Carroll Biography December 1992. Brown University/Victorian Web. July 17,2000<http//llandow.stg.brown.ed/victorian/carroll/dreamchild/creamchild2.html. Weber,Anya.Food,Drink,andPublic Health in the Alice Books December 1995. Brown University/Victorian Web.July18,2000 <http//landow.stg.brown.ed/Victorian/Carroll/weber.html. Reflection - Alice in Wonderland