Flatland : a romance of many dimensions

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Flatland : a romance of many dimensions

Edwin A. Abbott ; with contributions by Thomas Banchoff ... [et al.]

Princeton University Press, c2008

Movie ed.

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Flatland : the movie 2007

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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 starring Martin Sheen, Kristen Bell, Michael York, Tony Hale, and Joe Estevez. 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 - producer Seth Caplan, director Jeffrey Travis, and director and animator Dano Johnson; 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.

Table of Contents

Introduction Thomas Banchoff ix FLATLAND The Book EDWIN A. ABBOTT Part I: This World 13 Part II: Other Worlds 49 FLATLAND The Movie Finding Flatland Seth Caplan 91 Imagining Flatland Jeffrey Travis 93 The Visual Design of Flatland: The Movie Dano Johnson 97 Screenplay 107 Movie Credits 163 About the Contributors 167

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  • NCID
    BA91504317
  • ISBN
    • 9780691136578
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Princeton
  • Pages/Volumes
    xv, 168 p., [8] p. of plates
  • Size
    29 cm
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