Project Gutenberg 2014-04-27 Public domain in the USA. 169 Abbott, Edwin Abbott 1838 1926 A Square Abbott, E. A. (Edwin Abbott) Abbott, Edwin A. (Edwin Abbott) Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions Reading ease score: 60.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Stephen Hutcheson, Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions" by Edwin Abbott Abbott is a satirical novella, likely written in the late 19th century. The narrative chronicles a unique two-dimensional world inhabited by geometric figures, primarily Squares and Triangles, who navigate their flat existence without recognition of higher dimensions. The text explores themes of social hierarchy, perception, and the limitations of narrow viewpoints through its main character, A Square, who seeks to convey the concept of additional dimensions to his fellow Flatlanders. The opening of the book introduces the reader to Flatland, describing it as a world where inhabitants are geometric shapes and can only perceive straight lines. A Square explains how dimensions affect their perception and existence, emphasizing that they see each other solely as lines, without the ability to gauge one another's true shape or dimension. Through vivid analogies, the author illustrates the limitations imposed by such a society, setting the stage for deeper exploration into the challenges of understanding and accepting more complex realities, both mathematically and socially. This unique perspective—mirroring the limitations of human understanding and societal norms—engages the reader and invites reflection on the nature of perception itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45506/45506-h/images/cover.jpg en Fourth dimension QA Text Browsing: Science - Physics Browsing: Science - General Browsing: Fiction 225329 225246 2024-10-19T06:51:34.655078 2023-09-19T17:41:19.862055 text/html text/html 224076 2023-10-29T04:00:13 text/html 393616 2024-10-19T06:51:38.425071 application/epub+zip 395708 2024-10-19T06:51:35.434110 application/epub+zip 138065 2024-10-19T06:51:35.042104 application/epub+zip 482800 2024-10-19T06:51:41.089087 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 455504 2024-10-19T06:51:38.042205 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 199527 2022-09-20T18:20:57.191722 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 210846 210783 2024-10-19T06:51:34.208141 2023-09-19T17:41:19.519051 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 210567 2023-10-29T04:00:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17707 2024-10-19T06:51:41.352057 application/rdf+xml 16529 2024-10-19T06:51:35.123114 image/jpeg 2647 2024-10-19T06:51:35.082083 image/jpeg 347278 2024-10-19T06:51:34.707079 application/octet-stream application/zip 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 en.wikipedia