Flatland (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading): A Romance of Many Dimensions (Paperback) by Edwin Abbott Abbott, Lori M Campbell

from statethatiamin

It's probably a well known fact that this book is used by math teachers everywhere as an invaluable guide to understanding dimensions. It probably also well known that Flatland is an effective illumination of Victorian class structure. What I wasn't expecting was that this book would open my eyes...

from Sovranty

This multifaceted story is hilarious, riveting, and thought-provoking. For the religious arguments, it is cleverly disguised as a book about mathematics. For the mathematics arguments, it is a stepping stone to grasping the string theory or M theory. For the sociological arguments, it is timeless...

from figre

You don't have to be a math geek, but it doesn't hurt. There isn't an extensive plot; it's not a novel in any real sense. And it is written in a style of the late 19th century, a style of writing that can leave readers working harder to decipher the language than the actual story. But there is a ...

from LaurenGommert

I love this book...even though most of it's way over my head! Still, an awesome book written with a concept that no one has come close to copying since its release. When the book was written readers weren't sure how to classify it, so it got lumped in with sci-fi...which it isn't really. It has m...

from lmichet

This book was given an overview in a silly book from the 1960s which my father once gave to me-- it was a book of math puzzles and the like. That book, however, did not hint to me that Flatland is really more of a Victorian social commentary than a book about math. I enjoy creative books about ma...