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toeffy 's review for:
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
by Edwin A. Abbott
informative
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
It's less a story and more a stylized conceptual musing about life and society in two dimensions. I found the beginning and the description of their society slightly too drawn-out (and very dated), but the final chapters were entertaining.
Loved the thought experiments of diving into 0d and 1d worlds and the logical build-up of a potential 4d space.
Overall quite nice, though dated. Should be 3 stars in my subjective rating scheme, but this book made me Google tesseracts and fall into a rabbit hole of scientific articles, so I'll grant it the bonus star for making me think outside the box - literally!
Loved the thought experiments of diving into 0d and 1d worlds and the logical build-up of a potential 4d space.
Overall quite nice, though dated. Should be 3 stars in my subjective rating scheme, but this book made me Google tesseracts and fall into a rabbit hole of scientific articles, so I'll grant it the bonus star for making me think outside the box - literally!