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Title details for Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott - Available

Flatland

A Romance of Many Dimensions

by Edwin A. Abbott
James Langton
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As a satire, Flatland offers pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture. However, the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions; in a foreword to one of the many publications of the novella, noted science writer Isaac Asimov described Flatland as "the best introduction one can find into the manner of perceiving dimensions." As such, the novella is still popular amongst mathematics, physics, and computer science students.


The story is about a two-dimensional world referred to as Flatland. All existence is limited to length and breadth in Flatland, its inhabitants unable even to imagine a third dimension. The amiable narrator, A Square, provides an overview of this fantastic world—its physics and metaphysics, its history, customs, and religious beliefs. But when a strange visitor mysteriously appears and transports the incredulous Flatlander to Spaceland, a land of three dimensions, his worldview is forever shattered.

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  • Release date

    January 18, 2010

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781400195480
      • File size: 100653 KB
      • Duration: 03:29:41

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 1280
    • Text Difficulty: 10-12

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Published first in 1884, this work, written by a clergyman, reduces life from three dimensions (called spaceland) to two (flatland) in a fiction as satirical as GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. Patrick Frederic races along in his deep-throated voice, almost shouting at times, but making it sound like the mountains of nonsense make sense to him. "King: Out of my line? Do you mean out of the world? Out of space? I: Well, yes. Out of YOUR world. Out of YOUR space. King: I do not in the least understand you." Like the king, all readers may not understand this combination of parody, philosophy, mathematics, and tall tale written in the stilted language of another century. J.A.H. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:1280
  • Text Difficulty:10-12

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