| Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions Illustrated Contributor(s): Abbott, Edwin Abbott (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798588948180 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $5.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2020 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Humorous - General |
| Physical Information: 0.24" H x 6" W x 9" (0.36 lbs) 116 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is a satirical novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott, first published in 1884 by Seeley & Co. of London. Written pseudonymously by "A Square", 1] the book used the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to comment on the hierarchy of Victorian culture, but the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions.This masterpiece of science (and mathematical) fiction is a delightfully unique and highly entertaining satire that has charmed readers for more than 100 years. The work of English clergyman, educator and Shakespearean scholar Edwin A. Abbott (1838-1926), it describes the journeys of A. Square, a mathematician and resident of the two-dimensional Flatland, where women-thin, straight lines-are the lowliest of shapes, and where men may have any number of sides, depending on their social status.Through strange occurrences that bring him into contact with a host of geometric forms, Square has adventures in Spaceland (three dimensions), Lineland (one dimension) and Pointland (no dimensions) and ultimately entertains thoughts of visiting a land of four dimensions-a revolutionary idea for which he is returned to his two-dimensional world. Charmingly illustrated by the author, Flatland is not only fascinating reading, it is still a first-rate fictional introduction to the concept of the multiple dimensions of space. |
