| Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions Contributor(s): Abbott, Edwin Abbott (Author) |
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ISBN: 1539610861 ISBN-13: 9781539610861 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $7.17 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
| Lexile Measure: 1280 |
| Physical Information: 0.22" H x 6" W x 9" (0.33 lbs) 104 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |