Flatland - Abbott, Edwin
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Unabridged, illustrated value reproduction of Flatland by Edwin Abbott, in this affordably printed volume, is a book that belongs on everyone's shelf. Published originally in 1884, Abbott's novella was a social commentary told through mathematical a framework. With Einstein's 1915 publication of the Theory of Relativity, Flatland became popular as a prophet of four dimensions. This Value Classic Reprint provides a slim volume with full text and illustrations of this timeless classic at an affordable price. TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I THIS WORLD 4 § 1.-OF THE NATURE OF FLATLAND. 4 § 2.-OF THE…mehr

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Unabridged, illustrated value reproduction of Flatland by Edwin Abbott, in this affordably printed volume, is a book that belongs on everyone's shelf. Published originally in 1884, Abbott's novella was a social commentary told through mathematical a framework. With Einstein's 1915 publication of the Theory of Relativity, Flatland became popular as a prophet of four dimensions. This Value Classic Reprint provides a slim volume with full text and illustrations of this timeless classic at an affordable price. TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I THIS WORLD 4 § 1.-OF THE NATURE OF FLATLAND. 4 § 2.-OF THE CLIMATE AND HOUSES IN FLATLAND. 5 § 3.-CONCERNING THE INHABITANTS OF FLATLAND. 6 § 4.-CONCERNING THE WOMEN. 8 § 5.-OF OUR METHODS OF RECOGNIZING ONE ANOTHER. 10 § 6.-OF RECOGNITION BY SIGHT. 12 § 7.-OF IRREGULAR FIGURES. 14 § 8.-OF THE ANCIENT PRACTICE OF PAINTING. 16 § 9.-OF THE UNIVERSAL COLOR BILL. 17 § 10.-OF THE SUPPRESSION OF THE CHROMATIC SEDITION. 19 § 11.-CONCERNING OUR PRIESTS. 21 § 12.-OF THE DOCTRINE OF OUR PRIESTS. 22 PART II OTHER WORLDS 25 § 13.-HOW I HAD A VISION OF LINELAND. 25 § 14.-HOW I VAINLY TRIED TO EXPLAIN THE NATURE OF FLATLAND. 27 § 15.-CONCERNING A STRANGER FROM SPACELAND. 29 § 16.-HOW THE STRANGER VAINLY ENDEAVORED TO REVEAL TO ME IN WORDS THE MYSTERIES OF SPACELAND. 31 § 17.-HOW THE SPHERE, HAVING IN VAIN TRIED WORDS, RESORTED TO DEEDS. 34 § 18.-HOW I CAME TO SPACELAND, AND WHAT I SAW THERE. 35 § 19.-HOW, THOUGH THE SPHERE SHOWED ME OTHER MYSTERIES OF SPACELAND, I STILL DESIRED MORE; AND WHAT CAME OF IT. 38 § 20.-HOW THE SPHERE ENCOURAGED ME IN A VISION. 41 § 21.-HOW I TRIED TO TEACH THE THEORY OF THREE DIMENSIONS TO MY GRANDSON, AND WITH WHAT SUCCESS. 42 § 22.-HOW I THEN TRIED TO DIFFUSE
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At once a classic of science fiction, a playful brainteaser about geometry, a pointed satire of Victorian manners and, finally, a strangely compelling argument about reason, faith, and the greatest mysteries of the universe. The Wall Street Journal