Published in 1884 by the English clergyman and headmaster Edwin A. Abbott, Flatland is the fanciful and satirical tale of A. Square, a two-dimensional being who is whisked away by a mysterious visitor to The Land of Three Dimensions, an experience that forever alters his worldview.
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Published in 1884 by the English clergyman and headmaster Edwin A. Abbott, Flatland is the fanciful and satirical tale of A. Square, a two-dimensional being who is whisked away by a mysterious visitor to The Land of Three Dimensions, an experience that forever alters his worldview.
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New in New jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Purple and gray paper-covered boards, lettered in gold foil. New/as issued, dust jacket now in mylar. 1st ptg. : Nov. 2001. xxvii, 239 pp., illus.
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New in fine dust jacket. pp. 239. Paper over boards. Illustrated with diagrams clarifying the ideas in the text. This classic, a delightful satire, publshed in 1884, follows a two-dmensional being whisked away to a three dfimentional world. Appendices: The Fourth Dimention in Mathematics. Bibliograpjy of Edwin Abbott (the original publisher). Biblioograpjy of Charles Howard Hinton. Sources and References. Further Reading. 239pp. Gift quality. Pristine book, crisp, clean, tight, never opened/read. DJ has a slight wave near the edge of the spine. Honor: SB&F Best Science Books for Junior High and High School Readers (2003). Adult nonfiction. General audence.