Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 1995-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 1731 Abbott, Edwin Abbott 1838 1926 A Square Abbott, E. A. (Edwin Abbott) Abbott, Edwin A. (Edwin Abbott) Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions" by Edwin Abbott Abbott is a satirical novella written in the late 19th century. The story unfolds in a two-dimensional world inhabited by geometric figures, primarily focusing on a Square who narrates his experiences and insights about life in Flatland, as well as his eventual encounter with concepts beyond his two-dimensional existence. The book explores themes of social hierarchy, the limitations of perception, and the challenges of understanding higher dimensions. The opening of "Flatland" introduces the reader to the peculiar world where inhabitants perceive reality as a flat plane, seeing only the straight-line outlines of one another. The Square, as the narrator, describes the nature of Flatland, emphasizing the lack of depth perception, which is pivotal to the social structure and norms upheld by its citizens. Furthermore, the Square illustrates how recognition among the inhabitants is complicated by their geometric forms; for example, individuals of different classes appear visually as indistinct lines. The stage is set for a critique of social conventions and the significant implications of dimensional awareness as the Square hints at the possibility of higher dimensions beyond his flattened upbringing. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fourth dimension QA Text Mathematics Science Fiction Browsing: Mathematics Browsing: Science - General Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 234581 234538 2024-09-01T04:43:12.197204 2023-10-01T04:35:11.705502 text/html text/html 234952 2022-06-26T13:08:08 text/html 281204 2024-09-01T04:43:17.696183 application/epub+zip 282959 2024-09-01T04:43:13.964245 application/epub+zip 144583 2024-09-01T04:43:12.768231 application/epub+zip 616752 2024-09-01T04:43:20.381213 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 603681 2024-09-01T04:43:16.766157 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 236335 2022-09-01T04:49:04.127026 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 227497 227525 2024-09-01T04:43:11.740229 2023-10-01T04:35:11.319524 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 227207 2022-06-26T13:10:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18612 2024-09-01T04:43:20.513170 application/rdf+xml 17831 2024-09-01T04:43:13.131203 image/jpeg 4053 2024-09-01T04:43:12.941180 image/jpeg 85263 2022-06-26T13:11:11 application/octet-stream application/zip 221786 2022-06-26T13:11:31 application/octet-stream application/zip 278846 2024-09-01T04:43:12.244215 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia