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Flatland: a romance of many dimensions.By: Edwin Abbott Abbott. ( satirical NOVELLA ) SET OF ( FIRST AND SECUND EDITION )
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is a satirical novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott, first published in 1884 by Seeley & Co. of London. Written pseudonymously as "A Square", the book used the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to comment on the hierarchy of Victorian culture, but the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions.The story describes a two-dimensional world occupied by geometric figures, whereof women are simple line-segments, while men are polygons with various numbers of sides. The narrator is a square named A Square, a member of the caste of gentlemen and professionals, who guides the readers through some of the implications of life in two dimensions. The first half of the story goes through the practicalities of existing in a two-dimensional universe as well as a history leading up to the year 1999 on the eve of the 3rd Millennium.
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Flatland: a romance of many dimensions.By: Edwin Abbott Abbott. ( satirical NOVELLA ) SET OF ( FIRST AND SECUND EDITION )
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is a satirical novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott, first published in 1884 by Seeley & Co. of London. Written pseudonymously as "A Square", the book used the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to comment on the hierarchy of Victorian culture, but the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions.The story describes a two-dimensional world occupied by geometric figures, whereof women are simple line-segments, while men are polygons with various numbers of sides. The narrator is a square named A Square, a member of the caste of gentlemen and professionals, who guides the readers through some of the implications of life in two dimensions. The first half of the story goes through the practicalities of existing in a two-dimensional universe as well as a history leading up to the year 1999 on the eve of the 3rd Millennium.
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Flatland: a romance of many dimensions.By: Edwin Abbott Abbott. ( satirical NOVELLA ) SET OF ( FIRST AND SECUND EDITION )

Flatland: a romance of many dimensions.By: Edwin Abbott Abbott. ( satirical NOVELLA ) SET OF ( FIRST AND SECUND EDITION )

by Edwin Abbott Abbott
Flatland: a romance of many dimensions.By: Edwin Abbott Abbott. ( satirical NOVELLA ) SET OF ( FIRST AND SECUND EDITION )

Flatland: a romance of many dimensions.By: Edwin Abbott Abbott. ( satirical NOVELLA ) SET OF ( FIRST AND SECUND EDITION )

by Edwin Abbott Abbott

Overview

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is a satirical novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott, first published in 1884 by Seeley & Co. of London. Written pseudonymously as "A Square", the book used the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to comment on the hierarchy of Victorian culture, but the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions.The story describes a two-dimensional world occupied by geometric figures, whereof women are simple line-segments, while men are polygons with various numbers of sides. The narrator is a square named A Square, a member of the caste of gentlemen and professionals, who guides the readers through some of the implications of life in two dimensions. The first half of the story goes through the practicalities of existing in a two-dimensional universe as well as a history leading up to the year 1999 on the eve of the 3rd Millennium.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781543064391
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date: 02/13/2017
Pages: 128
Product dimensions: 8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.27(d)
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