Edwin Abbott: 35 books

Edwin A. Abbott was a well-known 19th century theologian who wrote both novels and religious works about the history of Christianity. This is one of his most famous works.

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...

Quand un mathématicien s'offre une petite récréation, l'air de rien, et écrit une histoire déjantée et originale pour le simple plaisir, il faut parfois s'attendre à de drôles de surprises... Ou l'histoire d'un carré, dans un monde linéaire et en deux dimensions, qui est mis au ban...

One of the greatest science fiction books ever written; Flatland is now available with new illustrations from brilliant illustrator Kevin Stone. Follow the Flatland narrator as he discovers new lands, people and dimensions in a witty and inspiring fantasy. Not only an insightful introduction to the...

Partire da Flatlandia, mondo bidimensionale abitato da segmenti, triangoli, quadrati, luogo di gerarchie evidenti e della moralità geometrica; imbattersi nell’unidimensionalità della Linelandia; e infine scoprire lo sconvolgente mondo della tridimensionalità, dialogando con una sfera. Queste...

Flatland, a place of two dimensions peopled by a hierarchy of geometrical forms, is the home of narrator A. Square, who takes a tour of his bizarre homeland. This tour provides a hilarious satire on Victorian society with questions about the nature of the universe.

Flatland conte les aventures d'un carré dont le monde plat est mis en cause par la découverte de l'intrusion d'une sphère.