a romance in lower mathematics

“Based on the book by Norton Juster from 1963, this 1965 short film won the Academy Award for Animated Short Film. Created by classic animation artist Chuck Jones, the story was inspired by the Victorian novella “Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions,” in which the protagonist visits a one-dimensional universe called Lineland, where women are…

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the man who planted trees

“The Man Who Planted Trees (L’homme qui plantait des arbres), also known as “The Story of Elzéard Bouffier, The Most Extraordinary Character I Ever Met, and The Man Who Planted Hope and Reaped Happiness”, is an allegorical tale by French author Jean Giono, published in 1953. It was adapted to this animated short by Frédéric…

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