Flatland [Paperback]

This pre-Einstein geometrical fantasy is one of the best things of its kind that has ever been written, for it is more than an ingeniously sustained fantasy: it is a social satire, with wit as sharp as the sub-lutrous end of a Flatland woman; it is aneasy philosophical introduction to the Fourth Dimension; and it is a rebuke to everyone who holds that there is no reality beyond what is perceptible by human senses.>>> (Saturday Review )

This pre-Einstein geometrical fantasy is one of the best things of its kind that has ever been written, for it is more than an ingeniously sustained fantasy: it is a social satire, with wit as sharp as the sub-lutrous end of a Flatland woman; it is an easy philosophical introduction to the Fourth Dimension; and it is a rebuke to everyone who holds that there is no reality beyond what is perceptible by human senses. (Saturday Review ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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En haut, en bas... Voilà deux expressions qui n'ont pas cours à Flatland. A les employer, on risque de perdre la tête, au propre comme au figuré. Car si les habitants de cet univers qui ne connaît que Deux Dimensions n'ont pas à craindre que le ciel leur tombe sur la tête, ils détestent les illuminés et les faux prophètes qui prêchent l'évangile de la Troisième dimension. Pourtant, le narrateur de cette étrange aventure, un très raisonnable Carré, est certain d'avoir été visité par une Sphère, chose impossible pour ses concitoyens qui ne peuvent y voir qu'un Cercle... Mais ne riez pas de leur aveuglement. Comment réagissez-vous quand on vous parie de la Quatrième dimension ? --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

The author of more than fifty books on classics, theology, history, and Shakespeare, Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838-1926) was headmaster of the City of London School and one of the leading educators of his time. Thomas Banchoff is Professor of Mathematics at Brown University and author of "Beyond the Third Dimension". --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.