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Flatland

A Romance of Many Dimensions

by Edwin A. Abbott
Robin Field
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With this satirical novella, English schoolmaster Edwin A. Abbott provides both a mathematical fantasy and pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture. The narrator, A. Square, resides in the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland. When he is visited by a sphere, he is suddenly faced with proof of the existence of three dimensions and is forced to see the limitations of his world.

In a foreword to one of the many publications of this novella, noted science writer Isaac Asimov described Flatland as "the best introduction one can find into the manner of perceiving dimensions." As such, this novella is still popular among mathematics, physics, and computer science students.

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  • Release date

    October 11, 2011

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781481546164
      • File size: 112648 KB
      • Duration: 03:54:40

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 1280
    • Text Difficulty: 10-12

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Published first in 1884, this work, written by a clergyman, reduces life from three dimensions (called spaceland) to two (flatland) in a fiction as satirical as GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. Patrick Frederic races along in his deep-throated voice, almost shouting at times, but making it sound like the mountains of nonsense make sense to him. "King: Out of my line? Do you mean out of the world? Out of space? I: Well, yes. Out of YOUR world. Out of YOUR space. King: I do not in the least understand you." Like the king, all readers may not understand this combination of parody, philosophy, mathematics, and tall tale written in the stilted language of another century. J.A.H. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:1280
  • Text Difficulty:10-12

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