Flatland/Sphereland
Info
Author
Edwin A. Abbott
Published
July 18, 2009
Purchase on Amazon.com
Subscribe to RSS feed
This one is right up there with Alan Lightman's
'Einstein's Dreams' (further up on the list). How would the world
appear to you if it had but two dimensions? How about one dimension?
That's what the Square has to deal with when he visits Lineland. Or no
dimensions at all(in Pointland). He's transported to Sphereland, which
is where we live, and is astonished to find this third dimension. He
then speculates on a fourth dimension, which the Sphere tells him is
ludicrous, which is the point of this fairy tale. It's difficult for
people to imagine things beyond the range of your sensations. This book
will have you doing that, though. A quick read and well worth your
time.
