- Anglický jazyk
Flatland
Autor: Edwin Abbott
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...
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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. &n
- Vydavateľstvo: Chump Change
- Rok vydania: 2017
- Formát: Paperback
- Rozmer: 234 x 156 mm
- Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
- ISBN: 9781640320833