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Mentioned in 14 episodes

Flatland

A Romance of Many Dimensions

Book • 2020

Author

Edwin A. Abbott

Written in 1884, 'Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions' is a satirical novella by Edwin Abbott Abbott.

The story is set in a two-dimensional world inhabited by geometric figures, where social status is determined by the number of sides of each figure.

The narrator, A Square, guides readers through the practicalities and social hierarchy of Flatland, before being introduced to the concept of higher dimensions by a Sphere.

The book is both an introduction to the idea of higher dimensions and a satire of Victorian society, critiquing its class system, gender roles, and social norms.

Despite its satirical elements, the book also delves into mathematical concepts and the limitations of perception in different dimensions.

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Mentioned in 14 episodes

Mentioned by

Chris Williamson

in relation to the concept of higher dimensions and orthogonal thinking.

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Mentioned by

Jackson Dahl

as reference for the name of

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's blog, Escaping Flatland.

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Mentioned by

Jim Rutt

as a book exploring a two-dimensional world.

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Mentioned by

Jordan Ellenberg

as a book about a two-dimensional world.

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Mentioned by

Jay Anderson

when discussing interdimensional objects and describing the UFO phenomenon.

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Recommended by

Brian Keating

as a magical book that inspired him to become a scientist.

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Mentioned by

Brian Keating

as one of his favorite popular science books that made him a curious young scientist.

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Mentioned by

Jesse Michels

as a great book that features 2D people and how they interact with 3D creatures.

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Mentioned by

Jimmy Akin

as a really good book about a world with two physical dimensions.

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Mentioned by

Paul Ross

when discussing a book he read about lower-dimensional beings.

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Mentioned by

John Ortberg

to illustrate a point about the afterlife.

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Mentioned by

Brian Keating

as a book.

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Mentioned by

Brian Keating

as a book that shaped the thinking of great scientific minds, including Albert Einstein.

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Mentioned by

Brian Keating

as a foundational book in his education, helping him visualize higher dimensions.

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Mentionné par

Jean Dalibard

comme un roman merveilleux qui imagine une société dans un monde à deux dimensions.

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Mentioned by

Jack Cohen

, describing a book about a circle living in a plane that meets a sphere, used to illustrate the concept of idols and multi-dimensional reality.

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Mentioned by

Dr. Frank Grabowski

to illustrate the limitations of the Furies' understanding of justice, using the analogy of a higher dimension.

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Mentioned by

Brian Keating

as a book using metaphors of the second dimension to teach about the fourth dimension.

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Mentioned by

Brian Keating

as the first book that made him a scientist.

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Mentioned by

Rob Gray

as a book that illustrates the problems of perception in a two-dimensional world.

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