Life in Flatland, though apparently dull, is a continuous struggle of achievement and survival. Dwellers of Flatland are 2D geometrical shapes that range from the simplest (Women, who are straight lines, and Irregular Triangles who aspire to become Isosceles) to the most complex polygons and as high as perfect circles (Priests). Square is an inhabitant of Flatland, a world of two dimensions, where the more equal sides you have, the higher you are placed in the social hierarchy. Square, who is also the main character of the novella. The book written by headmaster and theologian Edwin Abbott Abbott in 1884 precedes Einstein’s work on relativity and presents the world of multidimensional geometry through the eyes of a fictitious writer, A. This 19th century satirical novella is a wonderful depiction of the social shortcomings of the Victorian Era and a skilled mathematical introduction into the world of multi- dimensions, but regarding the writing style, I found it rather monotonous. I could not believe how flat I found “Flatland”… at least in the beginning.
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