Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions pdf

Edwin Abbott: A scientist, professor, and specialist in theology. Many books have been published for him, but “Flat Earth” remains his most famous work. Abbott was born in 1838 AD, and joined at the age of twelve at the City School of London, and quickly showed excellence, especially in mathematics, and in 1857 AD he received a scholarship from the University of Cambridge, where he focused on classical studies. Abbott was ordained a priest in 1863, but he still earned a living as a teacher, and earned a good reputation for his work. He died in 1926.

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions pdf by Edwin Abbott

This masterpiece of science (and mathematical) fiction is a delightfully unique and highly entertaining satire that has charmed readers for more than 100 years. The work of English clergyman, educator and Shakespearean scholar Edwin A. Abbott (1838-1926), it describes the journeys of A. Square a mathematician and resident of the two-dimensional Flatland, where women-thin, straight lines-are the lowliest of shapes, and where men may have any number of sides, depending on their social status.
Through strange occurrences that bring him into contact with a host of geometric forms, Square has adventures in Spaceland (three dimensions), Lineland (one dimension) and Pointland (no dimensions) and ultimately entertains thoughts of visiting a land of four dimensions—a revolutionary idea for which he is returned to his two-dimensional world. Charmingly illustrated by the author, Flatland is not only fascinating reading, it is still a first-rate fictional introduction to the concept of the multiple dimensions of space. "Instructive, entertaining, and stimulating to the imagination." — Mathematics Teacher.