Publisher's Synopsis
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. 4
§ 2.--OF THE CLIMATE AND HOUSES IN FLATLAND. 5
§ 3.--CONCERNING THE INHABITANTS OF FLATLAND. 6
§ 4.--CONCERNING THE WOMEN. 8
§ 5.--OF OUR METHODS OF RECOGNIZING ONE ANOTHER. 10
§ 6.--OF RECOGNITION BY SIGHT. 12
§ 7.--OF IRREGULAR FIGURES. 14
§ 8.--OF THE ANCIENT PRACTICE OF PAINTING. 16
§ 9.--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. 43
