The book that influenced writers from Carl Sagan to Stephen Hawking,Flatland is set in a two-dimensional world where life exists only in lines and shapes - until one of its inhabitants,'A. Square',has his perspective transformed forever. This brilliantly eccentric classic is an invitation to see beyond our own reality.'At once a playful brainteaser about geometry,a pointed satire of Victorian manners - and a strangely compelling argument about the greatest mysteries of the Universe'Wall Street Journal'Flatland could lead to very profound thought about our Universe and ourselves'Isaac Asimov
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241441572Number of pages: 160Weight: 100 gDimensions: 178 x 110 x 10 mm
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At once a classic of science fiction,a playful brainteaser about geometry,a pointed satire of Victorian manners - and,finally,a strangely compelling argument about reason,faith,and the greatest mysteries of the universe
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