Flatland: a romance of many dimensions - Edwin Abbott

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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.

--OF THE CLIMATE AND HOUSES IN FLATLAND.

--CONCERNING THE INHABITANTS OF FLATLAND.

--CONCERNING THE WOMEN.

--OF OUR METHODS OF RECOGNIZING ONE ANOTHER.

--OF RECOGNITION BY SIGHT.

--OF IRREGULAR FIGURES.

--OF THE ANCIENT PRACTICE OF PAINTING.

--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 THE THEORY OF THREE DIMENSIONS BY OTHER MEANS, AND OF THE RESULT.