FLATLAND A ROMANCE OF MANY DIMENSIONS

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 | 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. &; Mathematics Teacher.