Flatland: A Romance Of Many Dimensions - 9781539610861

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.

• • Author: Edwin Abbott Abbott
• • Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• • Publication Date: Oct 19, 2016
• • Number of Pages: 102 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1539610861
• • ISBN-13: 9781539610861