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. 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