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Автор: Abbott, Edwin
Название: Flatland: a romance of many dimensions
ISBN: 9781640320826
Издательство: Value classic reprints
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Математика

Математическая физика

ISBN-10: 1640320822
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Вес: 0.23 кг.
Дата издания: 19.10.2017
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 12 illustrations; illustrations, black and white
Размер: 164 x 241 x 13
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
Подзаголовок: A romance of many dimensions
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Поставляется из: США
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Unabridged, illustrated value reproduction of Flatland by Edwin Abbott, in this affordably printed volume, is a book that belongs on everyones shelf.

Published originally in 1884, Abbotts novella was a social commentary told through mathematical a framework. With Einsteins 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. 41
21.--HOW I TRIED TO TEACH THE THEORY OF THREE DIMENSIONS TO MY GRANDSON, AND WITH WHAT SUCCESS. 42
22.--HOW I THEN TRIED TO DIFFUSE THE THEORY OF THREE DIMENSIONS BY OTHER MEANS, AND OF THE RESULT. 43

Flatland: a romance of many dimensions, Abbott, Edwin