trivia question
I first read "Wrinkle" more than 30 years ago, and in three decades I have NEVER found an answer to this question. I even read Madeleine L'Engle's autobiography, and she doesn't answer it there either.
Did L'Engle make up the word "tesseract"? I know it's probably the same concept as wormhole or ancible or warp speed or light speed, and yes, the void in Lost Planet, but it's such a goofy word that I don't know what its origins are. Over the years, I've seen it used in other science fiction novels, so I don't know if it's an actual scientific concept or if other writers are just borrowing a word she made up so they don't have to come up with their own word instead.
Mary
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