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If you are not familiar with edwin abbott's flatland, this is the edition to buy. This edition also includes dionys burger's sphereland. Burger's novel relates how the natives of flatland discover that their land is really curved.
Many topics in modern physics and astronomy involve thinking of the universe in more than our customary three dimensions. And it is marvelously extended by its narrator's encounters with the unknown.
The square rejects it at first and then is physically shown the 3d world. Then the square becomes friends with someone who discovered a triangle that has the sum of the angles that is more than 180 degrees.
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Flatland and sphereland are both stories with the perfect blend of simplicity and sophistication.
And it is marvelously extended by its narrator's encounters with the unknown - the world of 3 dimensions.
As he slept a square's brain was in contact with the matrix data base that showed him how adamantly the inhabitants of lineland... Read More
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Flatland is a timeless classic; a great book for the mathematician and non-mathematician alike.
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- This product had a total of 44 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 1 2023.
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There are strict division of social classes which is shown through geometric objects
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The lowest form which have no dimensions meaning they are a straight line are women
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They also have to continually make sounds so they do not destroy the men
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What i find interesting with his narrative is that it is very hypocritical
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The square goes down to 1d and talks to the king of lineland and tries to convince him that there is more dimensions than his own but the king rejects it
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Then the sphere comes down from 3d land or “sphereland” to 2d and comes to talk to the square about another dimension
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The sphere rejects and gets mad at the square and puts him back down to his land in flatland
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The sphere did not want to accept that
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