
Flatland
Author: Edwin A. Abbott
Narrator: Austin Fuller
Unabridged: 3 hr 2 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Anthony Pica Productions, LLC
Published: 11/29/2024
Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction, Action & Adventure, Psychological

Author: Edwin A. Abbott
Narrator: Austin Fuller
Unabridged: 3 hr 2 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Anthony Pica Productions, LLC
Published: 11/29/2024
Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction, Action & Adventure, Psychological
Edwin A. Abbott (1838-1926) has been ranked as one of the leading scholars and theologians of the Victorian era. He received highest honors in mathematics, classics, and theology at St. John's College, Cambridge, and in 1862 began a brilliant career, during which he served as schoolmaster of some of England's outstanding schools. At the same time he distinguished himself as a scholar, and in 1889 he retired to his studies. He is perhaps best known as the author of the mathematical satire and religious allegory Flatland. He also wrote Sphereland, Paradosis, and a number of nonfiction books, including English Lessons for English People, How to Write Clearly, and a biography of Francis Bacon.
When you read this book, keep two things in mind. First, it was written back in 1880, when relativity had not yet been invented, when quantum theory was not yet discovered, when only a handful of mathematicians had the courage (yet) to challenge Euclid and imagine curved space geometries and geometr......more
This mathematical sci-fi novel, Flatland, written over 100 years ago, is more than just science fiction; its "dimension" transcends mathematical space, and it is also a satirical novel of the Victorian era. Written from the perspective of a "Square" in a 2-dimensional Flatland, the book tells about t......more
A curious little novella about a man a two-dimensional world thinking literally out of the box. First he explains his world in which the angles you have the higher social status you have in Flatland - Circles being the highest rank. He meets someone from Lineland (one-dimensional) who is incapable o......more