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Adding Depth to Geometry through "Flatland"
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Anderson, Gail Marie – Mathematics Teacher, 2011
In this article, the author features "Flatland," by Edwin Abbott, a fantastic story about a square who lives in a two-dimensional world and who receives a visitor from the third dimension. Written in 1884 by a teacher-theologian who dabbled in mathematics, the novel is full of rich themes, including social class structure, the treatment of people…
Descriptors: Visualization, Spatial Ability, Geometric Concepts, Geometry