Flatland : [electronic resource] a romance of many dimensions / Edwin A. Abbott ; illustrated by the author ; with an introduction by Banesh Hoffmann.
By: Abbott, Edwin Abbott.
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TextSeries: Dover thrift editions. Publisher: New York : Dover Publications, 1992Description: xii, 83 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 048627263X (pbk.) :; 9780486272634 (pbk.).Subject(s): Fourth dimension | English fiction | Denkbeeldige landen | MeetkundeDDC classification: 530.1/1 Other classification: 18.05 Online resources: Publisher description | Free eBook from the Internet Archive | Additional information and access via Open Library "Unabridged, corrected text of Flatland (original publication: Seeley & Co., Ltd., London, 1884)"--T.p. verso.
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.