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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is an 1884 satirical novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott. Writing pseudonymously as "A Square", t
by panarky 12y ago
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is an 1884 satirical novella
by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott. Writing pseudonymously
as "A Square", 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.
"A Square" feels sorry for poor, limited "A Line", but can't wrap his two-dimensional head around what "A Sphere" can do.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatland
- gdubs 12y agoWonderfully illustrated by Carl Sagan in the original Cosmos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnURElCzGc0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnURElCzGc0
- shangxiao 12y agoSo that's what a tesseract is!
- clwk 12y agoFor a visceral and entertaining exploration of what a literal fourth spatial dimension might be like from our perspective, try Rudy Rucker's hilarious 'Spaceland'. 'In a tribute to Edwin Abbott's Flatland, a classic mathematical fantasy about a 2-dimensional being (A. Square) who receives a surprise visit from a higher-dimensional sphere, Rudy Rucker's Spaceland describes the life of Joe Cube, an average, modern-day Silicon Valley hotshot who one day discovers the fourth dimension from an unexpected visitation. Spaceland contains scenes that are violent and sexual in nature as well as suggestive illustrations.' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaceland_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaceland_(novel)