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Flatland
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4 out of 5
Based on 4,785 Ratings and 734 Reviews

Book Description
Flatland is one of the very few novels about math and philosophy that can appeal to almost any layperson. Published in 1880, this short fantasy takes us to a completely flat world of two physical dimensions where all the inhabitants are geometric shapes, and who think the planar world of length and width that they know is all there is. But one inhabitant discovers the existence of a third physical... More
Book Information
PublisherPrinceton University Press
BindingPaperback (130 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages144
ISBN-100691025258
ISBN-13978-0691025254
Publication Date05/06/1991
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About Edwin A. Abbott (Author) : Edwin A. Abbott is a published author. Some of the published credits of Edwin A. Abbott include Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Unabridged), Flatland.
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About Thomas Banchoff (Introduction) : Thomas Banchoff is a published author. Published credits of Thomas Banchoff include Hubert Zimmermann, Money and Security: Troops, Monetary Policy and West Germany's Relations to the United States and... more
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6/22/2007 Gina Marysol Ruiz

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