Flatland / / by Edwin A. Abbott ; an edition with notes and commentary by William F. Lindgren, Thomas F. Banchoff.
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge ;, New York ;, Washington, District of Columbia : : Cambridge University Press :, Mathematical Association of America,, 2010. |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | MAA spectrum
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (306 pages) :; illustrations. |
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Table of Contents:
- Of the nature of flatland
- Of the climate and houses in flatland
- Concerning the inhabitants of flatland
- Concerning the women
- Of our methods in 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
- How I had a vision of lineland
- How I in my vision i endeavored to explain the nature of Flatland, but could not
- 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 showed 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
- Epilogue by the editor.