The annotated flatland : a romance of many dimensions / by Edwin A. Abbott ; introduction and notes by Ian Stewart.

"The fanciful tale of A. Square, a two-dimensional being who is whisked away by a mysterious visitor to The Land of Three Dimensions, an experience that forever alters his worldview."

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Abbott, Edwin Abbott, 1838-1926
Other Authors:	Stewart, Ian, 1945-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : Perseus Pub., c2002.
Subjects:	Fourth dimension.

Table of 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

The annotated flatland : a romance of many dimensions / by Edwin A. Abbott ; introduction and notes by Ian Stewart.

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