'Upward, yet not Northward.' How would a creature limited to two dimensions be able to grasp the possibility of a third? Edwin A. Abbott's droll and delightful 'romance of many dimensions' explores this conundrum in the experiences of his protagonist, A Square, whose linear world is invaded by an emissary Sphere bringing the gospel of the third dimension on the eve of the n...
'Upward, yet not Northward.' How would a creature limited to two dimensions be able to grasp the possibility of a third? Edwin A. Abbott's droll and delightful 'romance of many dimensions' explores this conundrum in the experiences of his protagonist, A Square, whose linear world is invaded by an emissary Sphere bringing the gospel of the third dimension on the eve of the new millennium. Part geometry lesson, part social satire, this classic work of science fiction brilliantly succeeds in enlarging all readers' imaginations beyond the limits of our 'respective dimensional prejudices'. In a world where class is determined by how many sides you possess, and women are straight lines, the prospects for enlightenment are boundless, and Abbott's hypotheses about a fourth and higher dimensions seem startlingly relevant today. This new edition of Flatland illuminates the social and intellectual context that produced the work as well as the timeless questions that it raises about the limits of our perception and knowledge. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Edwin Abbott Abbott, English schoolmaster and theologian, is best known as the author of the mathematical satire Flatland (1884).
He was educated at the City of London School and at St John's College, Cambridge, where he took the highest honours in classics, mathematics and theology, and became fellow of his college. In 1862 he took orders. After holding ma...
Edwin Abbott Abbott, English schoolmaster and theologian, is best known as the author of the mathematical satire Flatland (1884).
He was educated at the City of London School and at St John's College, Cambridge, where he took the highest honours in classics, mathematics and theology, and became fellow of his college. In 1862 he took orders. After holding masterships at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and at Clifton College, he succeeded G. F. Mortimer as headmaster of the City of London School in 1865 at the early age of twenty-six. He was Hulsean lecturer in 1876.
He retired in 1889, and devoted himself to literary and theological pursuits. Dr. Abbott's liberal inclinations in theology were prominent both in his educational views and in his books. His Shakespearian Grammar (1870) is a permanent contribution to English philology. In 1885 he published a life of Francis Bacon. His theological writings include three anonymously published religious romances - Philochristus (1878), Onesimus (1882), and Sitanus (1906).
More weighty contributions are the anonymous theological discussion The Kernel and the Husk (1886), Philomythus (1891), his book The Anglican Career of Cardinal Newman (1892), and his article "The Gospels" in the ninth edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, embodying a critical view which caused considerable stir in the English theological world. He also wrote St Thomas of Canterbury, his Death and Miracles (1898), Johannine Vocabulary (1905), Johannine Grammar (1906). Flatland was published in 1884.
Sources that say he is the brother of Evelyn Abbott (1843 - 1901), who was a well-known tutor of Balliol College, Oxford, and author of a scholarly history of Greece, are in error.
目录
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PART I: THIS WORLD
Section
1. Of the Nature of Flatland
2. Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland
3. Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland
4. Concerning the Women
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PART I: THIS WORLD
Section
1. Of the Nature of Flatland
2. Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland
3. Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland
4. Concerning the Women
5. Of our Methods of Recognizing one another
6. Of Recognition by Sight
7. Concerning Irregular Figures
8. Of the Ancient Practice of Painting
9. Of the Universal Colour Bill
10. Of the Suppression of the Chromatic Sedition
11. Concerning our Priests
12. Of the Doctrine of our Priests
PART II: OTHER WORLDS
13. How I had a Vision of Lineland
14. How I vainly tried to explain the nature of Flatland
15. Concerning a Stranger from Spaceland
16. How the Stranger vainly endeavoured to reveal to me
in words the mysteries of Spaceland
17. How the Sphere, having in vain tried words,
resorted to deeds
18. How I came to Spaceland, and what I saw there
19. How, though the Sphere shewed me other mysteries
of Spaceland, I still desired more; and what came of it
20. How the Sphere encouraged me in a Vision
21. How I tried to teach the Theory of Three Dimensions
to my Grandson, and with what success
22. How I then tried to diffuse the Theory
of Three Dimensions by other means, and of the result
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很有滋味。对二维世界不仅有逻辑与数学角度的构想（男女以及个体识别），更延伸到了意识形态、思想文化以及宗教信仰等层面（边数决定等级）。比如说Colour Bill Revolution， Purgation of the Irregularities。最有趣还是如何让我们试图理解四维世界。对一维人而言，二维人能看穿其身体内部并将视线扩展；对二维人而言三维人也能“看透”其身体和建筑物，犹如在身体内侧也...很有滋味。对二维世界不仅有逻辑与数学角度的构想（男女以及个体识别），更延伸到了意识形态、思想文化以及宗教信仰等层面（边数决定等级）。比如说Colour Bill Revolution， Purgation of the Irregularities。最有趣还是如何让我们试图理解四维世界。对一维人而言，二维人能看穿其身体内部并将视线扩展；对二维人而言三维人也能“看透”其身体和建筑物，犹如在身体内侧也有眼。就好比理论上任意一高纬度看低纬度世界的感觉都是一致的，但要回溯这个流程，让低纬度一方去设想高纬度的世界就很难。O_O似乎只有在心慌方里见到过对四维世界的简陋演绎。三体所描述的四维视角，我们的五脏六腑变成了一个有眼的单独维度，实在是很难脱离理论从实际层面领会那种奥妙。(展开)
《生活大爆炸》里，谢耳朵有一次说：Sometimes when I feel stifled and want a change of scenery, I use my imagination. One of my favorite places to visit is the two dimensional world described in Edwin Abbott's mathematical fantasy, "Flatland." 这本一百多年以...
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1 有用 dotann 2011-01-07 16:21:19
很简短的一本小书，验证了经验造成的思维局限。
1 有用 ichbinluz 2017-10-15 23:39:52
这本书真是令人发颤的好啊，为什么才看到。科幻/讽刺.二维、三维——四维（启发了很多后续作品）不是对女性的蔑视，我比较多理解成反讽，纬度越低越不尊敬女性。一百多年前，老式英语，有一些圣经里面常见的就比较好懂，另一些就有点"古板"了，不知道什么时候背过的"一辈子不会用到"的单词。
0 有用 007v 2009-08-11 11:57:16
科幻。但是温和地让人认识自己的局限，引导人开拓视野、转换思维方式，语言简洁生动，算是难得一见的好书。
0 有用 花岛仙藏 2014-12-30 11:10:47
很有滋味。对二维世界不仅有逻辑与数学角度的构想（男女以及个体识别），更延伸到了意识形态、思想文化以及宗教信仰等层面（边数决定等级）。比如说Colour Bill Revolution， Purgation of the Irregularities。最有趣还是如何让我们试图理解四维世界。对一维人而言，二维人能看穿其身体内部并将视线扩展；对二维人而言三维人也能“看透”其身体和建筑物，犹如在身体内侧也... 很有滋味。对二维世界不仅有逻辑与数学角度的构想（男女以及个体识别），更延伸到了意识形态、思想文化以及宗教信仰等层面（边数决定等级）。比如说Colour Bill Revolution， Purgation of the Irregularities。最有趣还是如何让我们试图理解四维世界。对一维人而言，二维人能看穿其身体内部并将视线扩展；对二维人而言三维人也能“看透”其身体和建筑物，犹如在身体内侧也有眼。就好比理论上任意一高纬度看低纬度世界的感觉都是一致的，但要回溯这个流程，让低纬度一方去设想高纬度的世界就很难。O_O似乎只有在心慌方里见到过对四维世界的简陋演绎。三体所描述的四维视角，我们的五脏六腑变成了一个有眼的单独维度，实在是很难脱离理论从实际层面领会那种奥妙。 (展开)
0 有用 不文 2012-07-15 20:17:47
唯一买过的英文书籍。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。
0 有用 yzj 2024-02-29 11:31:39 美国
有人的地方就有江湖，不管是几维的
0 有用 就就就就这样吧 2023-02-11 00:19:42 重庆
@2012-08-21 16:07:31
0 有用 藏新 2023-01-18 15:40:48 重庆
选择一本短而较有趣的书开始我的英文小说阅读。不过读到后半就失去耐心了，很快地略读过去。
0 有用 Joaquín C. 2022-10-09 08:31:56 北京
7/10. 写于19世纪末，还挺有意思的几何科学幻想。
0 有用 存在不假外求 2022-05-20 02:46:11
莎里莎气的古早“科幻”，更准确地说是《动物庄园》那样的政治讽喻。以维度扩展想象，一百多年后，宇宙物理学追上了它的步伐，但其它方面却依然是原地踏步。