Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Deluxe Library Edition) - Couverture rigide

Abbott, Edwin A

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ISBN 10 : 9354995365 ISBN 13 : 9789354995361

Editeur : General Press, 2022

Synopsis

'Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions' is one of the most original pieces of fiction ever written by Edwin A. Abbott, an English theologian, clergyman, educator, and Shakespearean scholar. This is a satirical mathematical novella that also examines English society during the Victorian era.

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: General Press
• Date d'édition: 2022
• ISBN 10: 9354995365
• ISBN 13: 9789354995361
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 146
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible