{"product_id":"2940177806952","title":"Flatland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFlatland\u003c\/b\u003e (1884) is an influential mathematical fantasy that simultaneously provides an introduction to non-Euclidean geometry and a satire on the Victorian class structure, issues of science and faith, and the role of women. A classic of early science fiction, the novel takes place in a world of two dimensions where all the characters are geometric shapes. The narrator, A Square, is a naïve, respectable citizen who is faced with proof of the existence of three dimensions when he is visited by a sphere and is forced to see the limitations of his world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe introduction to this Broadview Edition provides context for the book’s references to Victorian culture and religion, mathematical history, and the history of philosophy. The appendices contain contemporary reviews; extracts from the work of fellow mathematical fantasy writer\/mathematician Charles Hinton; Hermann von Helmboltz’s “The Axioms of Geometry” (1870); and autobiographical passages from Abbott’s \u003cb\u003eThe Kernel and the Husk\u003c\/b\u003e (1886). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47118318534896,"sku":"2940177806952","price":17.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940177806952_p0.jpg?v=1769909434","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940177806952","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}