It was a great book that helped get my teenage enquiring mind to look at maths, science and thinking in different ways. Not a text book - but well worth a read.
Flatland also contains some rather, well, Victorian attitudes. Mathematically, one can get 73.8193% of what the book covers from watching Carl Sagan's bit in the relevant Cosmos episode.
It was a great book that helped get my teenage enquiring mind to look at maths, science and thinking in different ways. Not a text book - but well worth a read.