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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.
- Edwin Abbott Abbott
- 1884
Nov 20, 2014 · In Flatland and Discworld, the act of removing yourself from your own reality allows you to understand it. And Stewart wants his readers to push that concept as far as they can.
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In Flatland, Abbott echoes this crisis as he satirically contrasts the ”feeling” of the lower classes with the more refined ”seeing” of the educated part of society. By preferring the more remote way of sensing, the higher classes built a barrier between themselves and the lower strata.
- Of the Nature of Flatland. I CALL our world Flatland, not because we call it so, but to make its nature clearer to you, my happy readers, who are privileged to live in Space.
- Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland. AS WITH you, so also with us, there are four points of the compass North, South, East, and West. There being no sun nor other heavenly bodies, it is impossible for us to determine the North in the usual way; but we have a method of our own.
- Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland. THE GREATEST length or breadth of a full grown inhabitant of Flatland may be estimated at about eleven of your inches.
- Concerning the Women. IF OUR highly pointed Triangles of the Soldier class are formidable, it may be readily inferred that far more formidable are our Women.
Jul 29, 2013 · In 1884, Edwin Abbott wrote a strange and enchanting novella called Flatland, in which a square who lives in a two-dimensional world comes to comprehend the existence of a third dimension but is...
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. Edwin A. Abbott. 3.81. 71,632 ratings5,872 reviews. This masterpiece of science (and mathematical) fiction is a delightfully unique and highly entertaining satire that has charmed readers for more than 100 years.
