Flatland 企鹅科幻系列：埃德温·艾勃特：平面国

基本信息

Format：Paperback | 160 pages

Dimensions: 111 x 181 x 8mm | 98g

Publication date: 13 Oct 2020

Publisher：Penguin Books Ltd

Imprint: Penguin Classics

ISBN: 9780241441572

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

这本书影响了从卡尔·萨根到斯蒂芬·霍金的作家，《平面国》的背景是一个二维世界，那里的生命只存在于线条和形状中--直到其中的一个居民 "A. Square"，他的观点永远地改变了。这部出色的古怪的经典之作是对超越我们自己的现实的一种邀请。

《华尔街日报》："这本书既是一部关于几何学的有趣的脑筋急转弯，又是对维多利亚时代礼仪的尖锐讽刺--同时也是关于宇宙Z大奥秘的奇怪的引人注目的论证。”

Isaac Asimov：《平地》可以让人对我们的宇宙和我们自己有非常深刻的思考。

The book that influenced writers from Carl Sagan to Stephen Hawking, Flatland is set in a two-dimensional world where life exists only in lines and shapes - until one of its inhabitants, 'A. Square', has his perspective transformed forever. This brilliantly eccentric classic is an invitation to see beyond our own reality.

'At once a playful brainteaser about geometry, a pointed satire of Victorian manners - and a strangely compelling argument about the greatest mysteries of the Universe' Wall Street Journal

'Flatland could lead to very profound thought about our Universe and ourselves' Isaac Asimov

作者简介

埃德温·A·阿博特（1838 - 1926）是维多利亚时期的主要学者。从26岁开始担任校长，阿博特监督了爱德华时代及以后的许多名人的教育，包括首相阿斯奎斯（H. H. Asquith）。退休后，阿博特致力于撰写神学讨论和传记。1884年，他写了《平地》，这是一部高度原创的讽刺性科幻作品，现在被认为是该类型的典范。

Edwin A. Abbott (1838 - 1926) was a leading scholar of the Victorian period. A schoolmaster from the age of 26, Abbott oversaw the education of many luminaries of the Edwardian era and beyond, including Prime Minister H. H. Asquith. In his retirement, Abbott devoted himself to writing theological discussions and biographies. In 1884, he wrote Flatland, a highly original work of satirical science-fiction that is now considered a canonical example of the genre.