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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
Contributor(s): Abbott, Edwin A. (Author)

ISBN: 048627263X ISBN-13: 9780486272634
Publisher: Dover Publications

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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 1992
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Annotation: Classic of science (and mathematical) fiction -- charmingly illustrated by author -- describes the journeys of A. Square and his adventures in Spaceland (three dimensions), Lineland (one dimension) and Pointland (no dimensions). A. Square also entertains thoughts of visiting a land of four dimensions -- a revolutionary idea for which he is banished from Spaceland.

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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | Science Fiction - General
- Science | Physics - Relativity

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 92018494

Age Level: 14-UP

Grade Level: 9-UP

Lexile Measure: 1280

Series: Dover Thrift Editions

Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5" W x 7.8" L (0.15 lbs) 96 pages

Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product, Table of Contents

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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. "Instructive, entertaining, and stimulating to the imagination." -- Mathematics Teacher.

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