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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Edwin Abbott Abbott |
| ISBN: | 048627263X : 9780486272634 |
| OCLC Number: | 26054205 |
| Notes: | "Unabridged, corrected text of Flatland (original publication: Seeley & Co., Ltd., London, 1884)"--T.p. verso. |
| Description: | xii, 83 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | This world: 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 -- Concerning irregular figures -- Of the ancient practice of painting -- Of the universal colour bill -- Of the suppression of the chromatic sedition -- Concerning our priests -- Of the doctrine of our priests -- Other worlds: How I had a vision of Lineland -- How I vainly tried to explain the nature of Flatland -- Concerning a stranger from Spaceland -- How the stranger vainly endeavoured to reveal to me in words the mysteries of Spaceland. How the sphere, having in vain tried words, resorted to deeds --How I came to Spaceland, and what I saw there -- How, though the sphere shewed me other mysteries of Spaceland, I still desired more; and what came of it -- How the sphere encouraged me in a vision -- How I tried to teach the theory of three dimensions to my grandson, and with what success -- How I then tried to diffuse the theory of three dimensions by other means, and of the result. |
| Series Title: | Dover thrift editions |
| Responsibility: | Edwin A. Abbott ; illustrated by the author ; with an introduction by Banesh Hoffmann. |
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