Flatland: a romance of many dimensions / Edwin A. Abbott (2018)

Public ISBD Titre : Flatland: a romance of many dimensions Type de document : Ouvrage Auteurs : Edwin A. Abbott, Auteur Editeur : New York (New york) : Dover Publications Année de publication : 2018 Importance : 83 p ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-486-27263-4 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : [Thesagri] géométrie dans l'espace [Thesagri] mathématique [Thesagri] roman Index. décimale : BE-6 Littérature Note de contenu : 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. Flatland: a romance of many dimensions [Ouvrage] / Edwin A. Abbott, Auteur . - New York (New york) : Dover Publications, 2018 . - 83 p. ISBN : 978-0-486-27263-4 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : [Thesagri] géométrie dans l'espace [Thesagri] mathématique [Thesagri] roman Index. décimale : BE-6 Littérature Note de contenu : 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.

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