Sign-In
Cart
Flatland: A Romance Of Many Dimensions
Paperback
Please select the version of book you would like to purchase.
ISBN10: 9351284344
ISBN13: 9789351284345
Publisher: Gyan Books
Published: Jan 1 2017
Pages: 110
Weight: 0.33
Height: 0.26 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
ISBN13: 9789351284345
Publisher: Gyan Books
Published: Jan 1 2017
Pages: 110
Weight: 0.33
Height: 0.26 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Flatland is one of the very few novels about math and philosophy that can appeal to almost any layperson. Published in 1880, this short fantasy takes us to a completely flat world of two physical dimensions where all the inhabitants are geometric shapes, and who think the planar world of length and width that they know is all there is. But one inhabitant discovers the existence of a third physical dimension, enabling him to finally grasp the concept of a fourth dimension. Watching our Flatland narrator, we begin to get an idea of the limitations of our own assumptions about reality, and we start to learn how to think about the confusing problem of higher dimensions. The book is also quite a funny satire on society and class distinctions of Victorian England.
1 different editions
Also available
Also from
Edwin Abbott Abbott
A Shakespearian Grammar. An Attempt To Illustrate Some Of The Differences Between Elizabethan And Modern English. For The Use Of Schools
Edwin Abbott Abbott
Paperback
$35.22
A Shakespearian Grammar. An Attempt To Illustrate Some Of The Differences Between Elizabethan And Modern English. For The Use Of Schools
Edwin Abbott Abbott
Hardcover
$45.15
Also in
Literary Fiction
Elizabeth Spencer: Novels & Stories (Loa #344): The Voice at the Back Door / The Light in the Piazza / Knights and Dragons / Stories
Spencer, Elizabeth
Hardcover
$38.00
Philip Roth: Novels 1973-1977 (Loa #165): The Great American Novel / My Life as a Man / The Professor of Desire
Roth, Philip
Hardcover
From $17.99
John Updike: Novels 1978-1984 (Loa #339): The Coup / Rabbit Is Rich / The Witches of Eastwick
Updike, John
Hardcover
$42.75
The Patrick Melrose Novels: Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, and Mother's Milk
St Aubyn, Edward
Paperback
From $9.99