Flatland

A Romance of Many Dimensions

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Recommended by Bryan Johnson, and 1 others. See all reviews

Ranked #1 in Geometry, Ranked #4 in Math — see more rankings.

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.
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