Flatland

Very popular amongst mathematics physics and computer science students Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is an 1884 satirical novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott. Writing pseudonymously as a square Abbott used the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to offer pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture. However the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions; in a foreword to one of the many publications of the novella noted science writer Isaac Asimov described Flatland as The best introduction one can find into the manner of perceiving dimensionsSeveral films have been made from the story including a feature film in 2007 called Flatland. Other efforts have been short or experimental films including one narrated by Dudley Moore and a short film with Martin Sheen titled Flatland: The Movie.