Flatland/Sphereland (Everyday Handbook)

by Edwin A. Abbott
Flatland/Sphereland (Everyday Handbook)  
published 1994 by Collins
binding Paperback
isbn 0062732765   (isbn13: 9780062732767)
pages 352
description Unless you're a mathematician, the chances of you reading any novels about geometry are probably slender. But if you read only two in your life, these...more
date added
03-27-07



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Raquel
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07/31/08

Read in January, 2008
I read Flatland, and adored it so much I wrote an extra essay and a poem on it for my Geometry teacher (who, because of my unabashed nerdiness, ended up naming me Poet Laureate of Geometry)...not enjoying Sphereland quite as well, but in its defense they are much harder topics...perhaps it will turn me around by the end.

...Nope, it didn't. I'm leaving the review at 4 stars, but that's the mathematics of 5 stars for Flatland minus the 1 star I give Sphereland. Sphereland was an attempt to com...more
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Daniel
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01/23/08

Excellent insight into the analogy for fourth dimensionality. Makes one appreciate living in three dimensions...poor flatlanders(2 dimensional creatures).
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Alice
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04/18/08

bookshelves: favourites
Read in January, 1986
This book blew my mind when I first read it. It helped me understand things that I'd never been able to wrap my mind around before.
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Jane
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02/27/08

bookshelves: classic, philosophy, sci-fi
Read in January, 1994
Good perspective on the fourth dimension... you'll think differently about ghosts and God and everything otherworldly.
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Malini
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08/04/08

Read in August, 2008
Very strange and a little bit ridiculous. But both Flatland and Sphereland do a great job of explaining geometry.
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Frank
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07/07/08

recommends it for: Graduates
Great fundamental book.
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