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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

Edwin Abbott Abbott · 1884 · Novel

Setting: secondary world (mathematical)

Synopsis

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, though written in 1884, is still considered useful in thinking about multiple dimensions. It is also seen as a satirical depiction of Victorian society and its hierarchies. A square, who is a resident of the two-dimensional Flatland, dreams of the one-dimensional Lineland. He attempts to convince the monarch of Lineland of the possibility of another dimension, but the monarch cannot see outside the line.

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Source: OpenLibrary

Tags: Fourth dimensionFiction, generalOpen Library Staff PicksDenkbeeldige landenFilm and video adaptationsMeetkundeScience FictionGeometryFilm adaptationsFiction

isfdb_id: 1142538

openlibrary_id: OL118388W

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