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Alice in Wonderland
     
Alice in Wonderland also Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
a book by Lewis Carroll about a girl called Alice who falls down a rabbit hole and arrives in a magical land, where she meets many strange animals and people, and has many strange adventures. People sometimes describe something as being "Alice-in-Wonderland", when they mean it is the opposite of what is normal or what you expect:
• The book is a good introduction to the strange, Alice-in-Wonderland world of theoretical physics.
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