by Edwin Abbott Abbott · Edic. Guadarrama. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788425002083
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«Planilandia» is the science fiction novella by Edwin Abbott Abbott, published by Ediciones Guadarrama in paperback (154 pages, in Spanish).
A square narrates his life in a flat world of geometric figures with hierarchy based on the number of sides. Upon glimpsing a third dimension, he questions what his fellow citizens believe possible. A combination of Victorian satire, philosophical reflection, and an accessible introduction to multiple dimensions.
The novel was originally published in English in 1884 as «Flatland». This 1976 edition, translated by Jesús Villa, is part of the Punto Omega collection (no. 208).
For readers of science fiction, mathematics, and philosophy; also used as an accessible text on multiple dimensions.
Edwin Abbott Abbott was an English schoolmaster, theologian, and Anglican priest, best known as the author of the novella Flatland (1884).
