Abbott, Edwin Abbott - Flatland / A Romance of Many Dimensions
| Schrijver: | Abbott, Edwin Abbott |
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| Titel: | Flatland / A Romance of Many Dimensions |
| ISBN: | 9780486200019 |
| Taal: | Engels |
| Uitgever: | Dover Pubns |
| Bijzonderheden: | 1952, paperback, age tanned, good copy |
| Prijs: | € 3,90 |
| Verzendkosten: | € 4,20 (binnen Nederland) |
| Meer info: |
0486200019.
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 [sic – ed.], 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." |
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