Flatland : a romance of many dimensions
by Abbott, Edwin Abbott, 1838-1926. [William Garnett]
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- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0064800059
- ISBN 13
- 9780064800051
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New York ; Hagerstown ; San Francisco ; London : Barnes & Noble Books, a division of Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963, 1963. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. xviii, 108 pp. ; stiff paper wrappers ; "Narrated by A. Square, Flatland is Edwin A. Abbott's delightful mathematical fantasy about life in a two-dimensional world. All existence is limited to length and breadth in Flatland, its inhabitants unable even to imagine a third dimension. Abbott's amiable narrator provides an overview of this fantastic world--its physics and metaphysics, its history, customs, and religious beliefs. But when a strange visitor mysteriously appears and transports the incredulous Flatlander to the Land of Three Dimensions, his worldview is forever shattered." ; foxing, else VG.
Synopsis
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is an 1884 satirical novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott. Writing pseudonymously as "a square", Abbott used the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to offer pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture.
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- Bookseller
- Joseph Valles - Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005933
- Title
- Flatland : a romance of many dimensions
- Author
- Abbott, Edwin Abbott, 1838-1926. [William Garnett]
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0064800059
- ISBN 13
- 9780064800051
- Publisher
- New York ; Hagerstown ; San Francisco ; London : Barnes & Noble Books, a division of Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- "Narrated by A. Square, Flatland is Edwin A. Abbott's delightful mathematical fantasy about life in a two-dimensional world. All existence is limited to length and breadth in Flatland, its inhabitants unable even to imagine a third dimension. Abb
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