Flatland

Flatland

by Edwin A. Abbott
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 07/03/2013

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As a satire, Flatland offered pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture. However, the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions; in a foreword to one of the many publications of the novella, noted science writer Isaac Asimov described Flatland as "The best introduction one can find into the manner of perceiving dimensions." As such, the novella is still popular amongst mathematics, physics and computer science students. The story is about a two-dimensional world referred to as Flatland. The unnamed narrator, a humble square (the social caste of gentlemen and professionals), guides us through some of the implications of life in two dimensions. The Square has a dream about a visit to a one-dimensional world (Lineland), and attempts to convince the realm's ignorant monarch of a second dimension, but finds that it is essentially impossible to make him see outside of his eternally straight line.

ISBN:
9781625586995
9781625586995
Category:
Science fiction
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
07-03-2013
Language:
English
Publisher:
Start Publishing LLC

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