Edwin Abbott Abbott

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is an 1884 science fiction novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott.As a satire, Flatland offered pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture. However, the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions; in a foreword to one of the many publications of the novella, noted science writer Isaac Asimov described Flatland as "The best introduction one can find into the manner of perceiving dimensions." As such, the novella is still popular amongst mathematics, physics and computer science students.

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Planolândia é um mundo bidimensional, habitado por formas geométricas que não conhecem dimensões além de comprimento e largura. Submetidos a um regime autoritário, misógino e clerical, estes círculos e polígonos são incapazes de imaginar a existência de uma terceira dimensão. Quando um estranho visitante aparece misteriosamente e transporta o incrédulo Quadrado para a Espaçolândia, sua visão de mundo é destruída para sempre. Sátira social, ficção científica e teoria matemática, Planolândia é uma paródia brilhante da sociedade vitoriana, uma obra que continua a levantar questões provocativas sobre percepção e realidade. "A melhor introdução que se pode encontrar sobre a maneira de perceber as dimensões." – Isaac Asimov

Um romance de muitas dimensões

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How would a creature limited to two dimensions be able to grasp the possibility of a third? Edwin A. Abbott's droll and delightful "romance of many dimensions" explores this conundrum in the experiences of his protagonist, A Square, whose linear world is invaded by an emissary Sphere bringing the gospel of the third dimension. Part geometry lesson, part social satire, this classic work of science fiction brilliantly succeeds in enlarging all readers' imaginations beyond the limits of their "respective dimensional prejudices."

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FLATLAND: A ROMANCE OF MANY DIMENSIONS is an 1884 satirical novella by the English schoolmaster EDWIN A ABBOTT. Writing pseudonymously as "A Square," Abbott used the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to offer pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture. However, the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions. The story is about a two-dimensional world referred to as Flatland which is occupied by geometric figures. Women are simple line-segments, while men are polygons with various numbers of sides. The narrator is a humble square, a member of the social caste of gentlemen and professionals in a society of geometric figures, who guides us through some of the implications of life in two dimensions.

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First published in 1884, "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions" is English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott's classic work of science fiction. With the use of a geometric theme, Abbott weaves the fascinating tale of "A Square", an inhabitant of "Flatland", a two-dimensional world where women are portrayed as simple line-segments and men are represented as polygons whose social status is determined by the number and regularity of their sides. Through this device Abbott satirizes the seemingly arbitrary hierarchy of the Victorian era. In addition to a brilliant work of satire "Flatland" is a thought-provoking examination of the bounds of physical space. On the eve of the third millennium "A Square" dreams of a one-dimensional world, "Lineland", that is inhabited by "lustrous points". Subsequently he is visited by "A Sphere", an inhabitant of a three-dimensional world called "Spaceland", which he fails to comprehend until he sees it for himself. Having his mind opened to the existence of other dimensions "A Square" posits the theoretical possibility of the existence of four, five, and six dimensional worlds, an idea which gets him thrown out of "Spaceland" in disgrace. One of the most original pieces of literature ever written, "Flatland" is a witty and satirical adventure that explores the very nature of physical reality itself.

A Romance Of Many Dimensions - Beyond World's Classics

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-The first thing that catches Flatland's attention is its full title: Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. For the moment, let's ignore the questionable Spanish translation, which turns Flatland into Planilandia (pure eagerness for the translator to play a leading role) and understands that English romance is not a romance, but a novel (simple ignorance). But also, in its original language, it is difficult to define Flatland as a romance, since less than half of the book presents a narration with something similar to a character, while most of it is a treatise about the world called Flatland. The first part, which includes historical, sociological and customs details, presents the reader with a two-dimensional world from the point of view of a square, being that Flatland inhabits.They are about 80 pages that look like intermediate chapters of Moby Dick (assuming that Moby Dick was a Victorian science fiction work) or some preamble to the Lord of the Rings that Tolkien liked to write about - yes, with a fraction of the creator's detail from Middle Earth. We discovered a society in which a family can advance from the lowest strata to the aristocracy.

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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions' is a satirical novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott. It was first published in 1884. The book used the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to comment on the hierarchy of Victorian culture, but the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions.

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