- Taschenbuch: 256 Seiten
- Verlag: Shambhala; Auflage: Min (2. März 1999)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1570624380
- ISBN-13: 978-1570624384
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 11,2 x 7,6 x 1,3 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.3 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (13 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 2.111.016 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Kurzbeschreibung
Flatland, like our own world, is on the verge of the millenium. On the last day of the year 1999, a Square—hitherto undistinguished from the other shapes of his two-dimensional world—receives the Gospel of Three Dimensions, revealed to that world's flat inhabitants only once every a thousand years. Transformed by a truth he is unable to conceal, he is promptly condemned as a heretic. His poignant tale is itself a multi-dimensional creation, for it is not only a challenge to our most basic perceptions of everyday reality, but a sharp social satire and an illuminating mathematical treatise as well.
In the tradition of fantasy and social satire that includes Gulliver's Travels , Alice in Wonderland, and Animal Farm, Abbott pokes fun at the rigid class structure and concern for appearances of his Victorian society even as he poses an underlying question that is as provoking today as it was a century ago. Could we and everything we see around us be only a cross section for worlds of higher dimensions?
In the tradition of fantasy and social satire that includes Gulliver's Travels , Alice in Wonderland, and Animal Farm, Abbott pokes fun at the rigid class structure and concern for appearances of his Victorian society even as he poses an underlying question that is as provoking today as it was a century ago. Could we and everything we see around us be only a cross section for worlds of higher dimensions?
Synopsis
First published more than 100 years ago, this is one of few early classics to combine fantasy with satirical social commentary. A poignant allegory in two dimensions, it recounts the unhappy fate of an ordinary citizen who dares to challenge prevailing notions of reality.
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Flatland is a good primer for understanding the basics of the different dimensions of our world. It presents a simple, easy to follow story of how a person living in 2-D would view and interact with a person living in 1-D and then with another in 3-D. This is a great launching point for further, more mind provoking and brain-teasing books like "Surfing Through Hyperspace," etc.
Good starter that gets you thinking.
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I first read "Flatland" when I was studying mathematics as a university first-year. I have just been re-reading it.
In my naivity, I first thought that Abbot was exhibiting his own prejudice against women and lower classes. I realise now that it is his very clever way of satirising his own culture - and he chose an ingenious way of doing it, by choosing a setting that was as far removed from the real world as is conceivable - the world of abstract mathematics.
The culture and society of Flatland are wonderfully developed, and the very human personalities of the square, circular, linear and hexagonal characters are colourful and vivid - displaying all the passions, corruptions, and emotions of our own, three dimensional world.
In addition, this book is a remarkable lesson in how higher dimensions can be conceived by beings who inhabit worlds of lower dimensions. And Abbot's eloquent and humorous writing style is a great pleasure to read.
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I am a freshman in High School and in my Geometry honors class we are reading this book. It helps me understand all of the terms and dimensions of Geometry, and is a good book satiring society!
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Flat -- what?
I have to read this book for my English 4 AP class, and am so far highly disappointed and confused! What is the purpose of this book. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 18. Februar 2000 veröffentlicht
Christian Whackos ?
To me this book revealed how important it is to keep one's mind open to possiblities, to be ready to review some things that one may have previously assumed to be true, to give... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 15. Januar 2000 von Ibrahaim T. Klynskii-Belzakov
Wonderful book!
If you haven't yet read this wonderful classic, don't be put off by the Christian whackos. This book is above and beyond such drivel.
Am 23. November 1999 veröffentlicht
C'est bien! Good book, so read it or smell like goat cheese
Ok, great book. Also, this book was not centered on spirituality or Christianity as some of you morons thought it to be. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 7. November 1999 veröffentlicht
Great Primer
This story is a great primer for people who are interested in Theoretical Physics/Relativity. the story is superficial, the language is thick and inefficent (by today's... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 23. März 1999 veröffentlicht
This book is great!
Anyone who's ever wondered what it might be like to live in four diminions, or two, or what zero diminsions means should read this book. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 3. Dezember 1998 veröffentlicht
This book was insane.
When I read this book in geometry class, i never knew that someone would wast so much time to write a book like this. Is this guy nuts? This man just rammbled on. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 3. Dezember 1998 von Kevyone@aol.com
A great book to get you thinking!
As a geometry teacher, I really enjoyed Flatland... and my students have, too! It's very easy to understand and really gets you thinking about what life would be like in a 1 and 2... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 3. November 1998 veröffentlicht
It is silly.
This book shows everything that is right with us it has
no importance.
no importance.
Am 22. Juli 1997 veröffentlicht
A mathematical story with social themes.
Edwin Abbott is masterful in his rare combination
of an interesting story and deep meanings. Abbott
exposes human predjudice and ingnorance with his
tale of a two... Lesen Sie weiter...
of an interesting story and deep meanings. Abbott
exposes human predjudice and ingnorance with his
tale of a two... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 22. Juli 1997 veröffentlicht
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