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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

Edwin Abbott Abbott 1 episodes Latest May 27, 2026

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is an 1884 science fiction novella by Edwin Abbott Abbott. It satirizes Victorian social hierarchy while exploring dimensions, and is praised by Isaac Asimov as an introduction to perceiving dimensions. The novella remains popular among mathematics, physics, and computer science students.

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Flatland A Romance of Many Dimensions - Edwin Abbott Abbott May 27, 2026 15218 Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is an 1884 science fiction novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott. As a satire, Flatland offered pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture. However, the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions; in a foreword to one of the many publications of the novella, noted science writer Isaac Asimov

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