Bob's Home Library
Summary:
How would a creature limited to two dimensions be able to
grasp the possibility of a third? Edwin A. Abbott's droll and
delightful "romance of many dimensions" explores this conundrum
in the experiences of his protagonist, A Square, whose linear
world is invaded by an emissary Sphere bringing the gospel of
the third dimension. Part geometry lesson, part social satire,
this classic work of science fiction brilliantly succeeds in
enlarging all readers' imaginations beyond the limits of their
"respective dimensional prejudices." Unless you're a
mathematician, the chances of you reading any novels about
geometry are probably slender. But if you read only one in your
life, this should be at the top of your list. Flatland imagines
a two-dimensional world inhabited by sentient geometric shapes
who think their planar world is all there is. But one
Flatlander, a Square, discovers the existence of a third
dimension and the limits of his world's assumptions about
reality and comes to understand the confusing problem of higher
dimensions. The book is also quite a funny satire on society
and class distinctions of Victorian England.
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