| Description |
1 online resource (xlii, 124 pages) : illustrations |
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Oxford world's classics |
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Oxford world's classics.
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| Contents |
Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Edwin A. Abbott; FLATLAND; Explanatory Notes |
| Summary |
How would a creature limited to two dimensions be able to grasp the possibility of a third? In Flatland, A Square's linear world is invaded by a Sphere bringing the gospel of the third dimension. Part geometry lesson, part social satire, the novel enlarges readers' imaginations beyond the limits of our 'respective dimensional prejudices'. - ;'Upward, yet not Northward.'. How would a creature limited to two dimensions be able to grasp the possibility of a third? Edwin A. Abbott's droll and delightful 'romance of many dimensions' explores this conundrum in the experiences of his protagonist, A S |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Fourth dimension -- Fiction
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SCIENCE -- Energy.
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SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- General.
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SCIENCE -- Physics -- General.
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Fourth dimension
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Dimension 4
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Fläche
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Science-Fiction
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jann, Rosemary, 1949-
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| ISBN |
9781429487207 |
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1429487208 |
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9780191517341 |
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0191517348 |
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9786610762880 |
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6610762880 |
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1280762888 |
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9781280762888 |
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