Flatland

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 CONTENTSPART I  THIS WORLD         4
§ 1.—OF THE NATURE OF FLATLAND.    &nbs p; 4
§ 2.—OF THE CLIMATE AND HOUSES IN FLATLAND.  &nbs p;       5
§ 3.—CONCERNING THE INHABITANTS OF FLATLAND.  &nb sp; 6
§ 4.—CONCERNING THE WOMEN.     &nb sp;     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.               &nbs p; 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.   &nbs p;      22
PART II OTHER WORLDS        &n bsp;       25
§ 13.—HOW I HAD A VISION OF LINELAND.   &nbs p;      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.          & nbsp;    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.          &nb sp;  41
§ 21.—HOW I TRIED TO TEACH THE THEORY OF THREE DIMENSIONS TO MY GRANDSON, AND WITH WHAT SUCCESS.     &n bsp;  42
§ 22.—HOW I THEN TRIED TO DIFFUSE THE THEORY OF THREE DIMENSIONS BY OTHER MEANS, AND OF THE RESULT.    & nbsp;   43