FLATLAND IBD

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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&rsquo,s shelf.áPublished originally in 1884, Abbott&rsquo,s novella was a social commentary told through mathematical a framework. With Einstein&rsquo,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 Iá THIS WORLDááááááá 4º 1.&mdash,OF THE NATURE OF FLATLAND.ááááá 4º 2.&mdash,OF THE CLIMATE AND HOUSES IN FLATLAND.ááááááááá 5º 3.&mdash,CONCERNING THE INHABITANTS OF FLATLAND.ááá 6º 4.&mdash,CONCERNING THE WOMEN.áááááááááá 8º 5.&mdash,OF OUR METHODS OF RECOGNIZING ONE ANOTHER.áááááááá 10º 6.&mdash,OF RECOGNITION BY SIGHT.áááááááááá 12º 7.&mdash,OF IRREGULAR FIGURES.á 14º 8.&mdash,OF THE ANCIENT PRACTICE OF PAINTING.ááááááááááááááá 16º 9.&mdash,OF THE UNIVERSAL COLOR BILL.ááá 17º 10.&mdash,OF THE SUPPRESSION OF THE CHROMATIC SEDITION.ááááá 19º 11.&mdash,CONCERNING OUR PRIESTS.áááááááá 21º 12.&mdash,OF THE DOCTRINE OF OUR PRIESTS.ááááááááá 22PART II OTHER WORLDSááááááááááááááá 25º 13.&mdash,HOW I HAD A VISION OF LINELAND.ááááááááá 25º 14.&mdash,HOW I VAINLY TRIED TO EXPLAIN THE NATURE OF FLATLAND.ááááá 27º 15.&mdash,CONCERNING A STRANGER FROM SPACELAND.á 29º 16.&mdash,HOW THE STRANGER VAINLY ENDEAVORED TO REVEAL TO ME IN WORDS THE MYSTERIES OF SPACELAND.áááááááááááá 31º 17.&mdash,HOW THE SPHERE, HAVING IN VAIN TRIED WORDS, RESORTED TO DEEDS.áááááááááááááá 34º 18.&mdash,HOW I CAME TO SPACELAND, AND WHAT I SAW THERE.á 35º 19.&mdash,HOW, THOUGH THE SPHERE SHOWED ME OTHER MYSTERIES OF SPACELAND, I STILL DESIRED MORE, AND WHAT CAME OF IT.áááááá 38º 20.&mdash,HOW THE SPHERE ENCOURAGED ME IN A VISION.áááááááááááá 41º 21.&mdash,HOW I TRIED TO TEACH THE THEORY OF THREE DIMENSIONS TO MY GRANDSON, AND WITH WHAT SUCCESS.ááááááá 42º 22.&mdash,HOW I THEN TRIED TO DIFFUSE THE THEORY OF THREE DIMENSIONS BY OTHER MEANS, AND OF THE RESULT.ááááááá 43