Flatland, romance of many dimensions

Original title: Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (English)

Credits: Edwin Abbott Abbott (author)

Summary

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, traducida al español como Planilandia: Una novela de muchas dimensiones,​ es una novela satírica de 1884 escrita por Edwin Abbott Abbott bajo el seudónimo "A Square" (Cuadrado A).​ Es una obra especialmente popular entre estudiantes de matemáticas, física y ciencias de la computación, ya que su fácil lectura resulta útil para estudiar el concepto de múltiples dimensiones. Como pieza literaria, Planilandia es un ejemplo de sátira de la jerarquía social imperante en la época victoriana.​

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Chapters (22)

  1. 1. Of the Nature of Flatland
  2. 2. Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland
  3. 3. Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland
  4. 4. Concerning the Women
  5. 5. Of our Methods of Recognizing one another
  6. 6. Of Recognition by Sight
  7. 7. Concerning Irregular Figures
  8. 8. Of the Ancient Practice of Painting
  9. 9. Of the Universal Colour Bill
  10. 10. Of the Suppression of the Chromatic Sedition
  11. 11. Concerning our Priests
  12. 12. Of the Doctrine of our Priests
  13. 13. How I had a Vision of Lineland
  14. 14. How I vainly tried to explain the nature of Flatland
  15. 15. Concerning a Stranger from Spaceland
  16. 16. How the Stranger vainly endeavoured to reveal to me
  17. 17. How the Sphere, having in vain tried words,
  18. 18. How I came to Spaceland, and what I saw there
  19. 19. How, though the Sphere shewed me other mysteries
  20. 20. How the Sphere encouraged me in a Vision
  21. 21. How I tried to teach the Theory of Three Dimensions
  22. 22. How I then tried to diffuse the Theory

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