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FYI, the 2D people "Flatlanders" thought exercise the video is using comes from one of the first sort of sci-fi books "Flatland" by Edwin Abbott Abbott [1] [1]

by yan 17y ago

FYI, the 2D people "Flatlanders" thought exercise the video is using comes from one of the first sort of sci-fi books "Flatland" by Edwin Abbott Abbott [1] [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatland

sketerpot 17y ago
Before I read Flatland, I had never seen a book which combines Victorian social satire with mathematical pedagogy.
- blogimus 17y ago
  For that matter, have you seen a book after that combines Victorian social satire with mathematical pedagogy?