Edwin Abbott, Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, 1884.

A. Square was the pen-name Edwin Abbott used in 1884 when writing this mathematical fiction story. Mathematical fiction as a genre originated with Abbott’s “Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions” in 1884. In communities of highly analytical people, in computer science and mathematics this book is a classic . Mathematical fiction is rare in comparison … Continue reading Edwin Abbott, Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, 1884.