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008 721213t19531952nyua 000 0 eng
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050 00 $aQA699$b.A13 1953
082 00 $a513.088
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100 1 $aAbbott, Edwin Abbott,$d1838-1926.
245 10 $aFlatland:$ba romance of many dimensions,$cwith illus. by the author, A Square (Edwin A. Abbott).
250 $a6th ed., rev.$bwith introd. by Banesh Hoffmann.
260 $aNew York,$bDover Publications$c[1953, ©1952]
300 $a103 pages$billustrations$c21 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 $aNarrated by A. Square, Flatland is Edwin A. Abbott's delightful mathematical fantasy about life in a two-dimensional world. All existence is limited to length and breadth in Flatland, its inhabitants unable even to imagine a third dimension. Abbott's amiable narrator provides an overview of this fantastic world--its physics and metaphysics, its history, customs, and religious beliefs. But when a strange visitor mysteriously appears and transports the incredulous Flatlander to the Land of Three Dimensions, his worldview is forever shattered.
505 0 $aOf 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 -- 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 mean, and of the result
650 0 $aFourth dimension.
650 7 $aFourth dimension.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00933422
650 2 $aMathematics.
650 2 $aWit and Humor as Topic.
655 7 $aScience fiction.$2gsafd
938 $aBaker and Taylor$bBTCP$n54001523 //r98
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