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Flatland
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491_9781640320833
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.      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.          22PART II OTHER WORLDS                25§ 13.—HOW I HAD A VISION OF LINELAND.          25§ 14.—HOW I VAINLY TRI
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