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Flatland : the Movie Edition : a Romance of Many Dimensions

Author:
Edwin A. Abbott; Thomas Banchoff
Illustrator:
Description:
Edwin Abbott's beloved mathematical adventure novel Flatland (1884) is being introduced to a whole new generation of readers and viewers through Flatland: The Movie, a dramatic computer-animated adaptation. This book is the companion to the movie -- and the ultimate edition of the classic book on which it is based. A beautiful, large-format volume, Flatland: The Movie Edition includes the full text of the original novel, the screenplay of the movie, essays on the making of the movie by the writers and filmmakers, color illustrations, and a new introduction by Thomas Banchoff, a Brown University mathematician and Flatland authority who served as an advisor to the filmmakers. By describing the challenges the filmmakers faced in updating a Victorian mathematical allegory for a new generation and transforming it into a compelling animated story, Flatland: The Movie Edition makes watching the movie and reading Abbott's book even more illuminating and enjoyable. You'll never think about the multiple dimensions of space in the same way again.