Alexander Dewdney is a Canadian computer scientist and mathematician best known for his popular books and articles, most notably The Planiverse: Computer Contact with a Two-dimensional World, first published in 1984. For several years, Dewdney wrote the "Mathematical Recreations" column for Scientific American. He is Professor of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

 

Reference

1. Dewdney, A. K. The Planiverse: Computer Contact with a Two-dimensional World. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1984.