Flatland. A Romance of Many Dimensions

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