Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
by Edwin Abbott Abbott
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About this eBook
- Author
- Abbott, Edwin Abbott, 1838-1926
- Credits
- Stephen Hutcheson, Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QA: Science: Mathematics
- Subject
- Fourth dimension
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 45506
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45506
- Release Date
- April 27, 2014
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.FLATLAND
- 2.CONTENTS
- 3.PART I THIS WORLD
- 4.§ 1.— Of the Nature of Flatland.
- 5.§ 2.— Of the climate and houses in Flatland.
- 6.§ 3.— Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland.
- 7.§ 4.— Concerning the Women.
- 8.§ 5.— Of our methods of recognizing one another.
- 9.§ 6.— Of Recognition by Sight.
- 10.§ 7.— Of Irregular Figures.
- 11.§ 8.— Of the Ancient Practice of Painting.
- 12.§ 9.— Of the Universal Colour Bill.
- 13.§ 10.— Of the Suppression of the Chromatic Sedition.
- 14.§ 11.— Concerning our Priests.
- 15.§ 12.— Of the Doctrine of our Priests.
- 16.PART II OTHER WORLDS
- 17.§ 13.— How I had a Vision of Lineland.
- 18.§ 14.— How I vainly tried to explain the nature of Flatland.
- 19.§ 15.— Concerning a Stranger from Spaceland.
- 20.§ 16.— How the Stranger vainly endeavoured to reveal to me in words the mysteries of Spaceland.
- 21.§ 17.— How the Sphere, having in vain tried words, resorted to deeds.
- 22.§ 18.— How I came to Spaceland, and what I saw there.
- 23.§ 19.— How, though the Sphere showed me other mysteries of Spaceland, I still desired more; and what came of it.
- 24.§ 20.— How the Sphere encouraged me in a Vision.
- 25.§ 21.— How I tried to teach the theory of Three Dimensions to my Grandson, and with what success.
- 26.§ 22.— How I then tried to diffuse the Theory of Three Dimensions by other means, and of the result.
- 27.Footnotes
- 28.Transcriber’s Notes
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