Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

Name: Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
Rating: 3.81 (31377 reviews)
Author: Edwin A. Abbott, Banesh Hoffmann
ISBN: 9780486272630.0

Fiction Science Fiction Classics Fantasy Philosophy

by Edwin A. Abbott, Banesh Hoffmann

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3.81 (31.4K ratings)

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description 96 pages

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott, Banesh Hoffmann holds a well received rating of 3.81 out of 5, based on 31.4K reader ratings. First published in 1884. The book spans 96 pages.

About 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 [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." — Mathematics Teacher.

Detail	Value
Author	Edwin A. Abbott, Banesh Hoffmann
Published	1884
Pages	96
Genres	Fiction, Science Fiction, Classics, Fantasy, Philosophy
Average Rating	3.81 / 5.00
Total Ratings	31,377

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3.8

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31.4K ratings

With a rating of 3.81, Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is rated below the global average of 4.17. Compared to its genre average of 3.99, it performs below the genre benchmark.