Edwin A. Abbott (1838–1926)
Autor de Planilandia : una novela de muchas dimensiones
Sobre El Autor
Edwin A. Abbott was born December 20, 1838. He attended City of London School and Cambridge, where he was an honor student in the classics. Following the career path of his father, Abbott was ordained an Anglican minister. Later he rejected a career as a clergyman and at the age of twenty-six, he mostrar más returned to City of London School as Headmaster, a position he held for twenty-five years. Always curious about views from varying perspectives, he promoted a liberal attitude toward people of differing backgrounds. As president of the Teachers Training Society, for example, he lobbied for access to university education for women. He resigned as Headmaster at age fifty-three in protest of proposed changes to the mission of the school. Abbott wrote more than fifty books on widely different topics. He had published two series of his sermons while at Cambridge, a book on Shakespearean grammar, and accounts of his efforts to admit women to higher education. His most notable work is Flatland, written in 1884. Flatland is still widely read by both mathematicians and science-fiction readers because of its portrayal of the idea of higher dimensions. The narrator, a two-dimensional square called A Square happens into a three-dimensional world where he gains a wider vision into objects in his two-dimensional home. The book was a favorite with C. S. Lewis. Abbott died on October 12, 1926. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras de Edwin A. Abbott
A Shakespearian Grammar: An Attempt to Illustrate Some of the Differences Between Elizabethan and Modern English (1897) 82 copias
Johannine Vocabulary: A Comparison of the Words of the Fourth Gospel with Those of the Three (1905) 13 copias
Abbott's First Latin Book 1 copia
The kernel and the husk 1 copia
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- Nombre canónico
- Abbott, Edwin A.
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- Abbott, Edwin Abbott
- Otros nombres
- Abbott, Edwin A.
Vierkant - Fecha de nacimiento
- 1838-12-20
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1926-10-12
- Lugar de sepultura
- Hampstead Cemetery, London, England, UK
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- País (para mapa)
- England, UK
- Lugar de nacimiento
- London, England, UK
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Hampstead, London, England, UK
- Causa de fallecimiento
- influenza
old age - Lugares de residencia
- London, England, UK
- Educación
- City of London School
University of Cambridge (BA|1861|MA|1864 - St John's College) - Ocupaciones
- teacher
head teacher
theologian
cleric (Anglican priest) - Organizaciones
- King Edward School
City of London School
Cambridge University
Church of England - Premios y honores
- Fellow, British Academy (1913)
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
Favourite Books (1)
19th Century (1)
Victorian Period (1)
Best Dystopias (1)
1880s (1)
Out of Copyright (1)
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 37
- También por
- 5
- Miembros
- 10,806
- Popularidad
- #2,200
- Valoración
- 3.8
- Reseñas
- 193
- ISBNs
- 422
- Idiomas
- 17
- Favorito
- 4
Transformado por una verdad que es incapaz de ocultar, es condenado inmediatamente como hereje.
Su conmovedor relato es en sí una creación multidimensional, pues no sólo supone un desafío a nuestras percepciones más básicas de la realidad cotidiana, sino que también es una aguda sátira social, así como un
clarificador tratado matemático.… (más)