Main entry:

Abbott, Edwin Abbott, 1838-1926, author.

Title & Author:

The annotated Flatland : a romance of many dimensions / by Edwin A. Abbott ; introduction and notes by Ian Stewart.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Perseus Pub., ©2002.

Description:

xxvii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-239).
pt. 1. This world -- 1. Of the nature of Flatland -- 2. Of the climate and houses in Flatland -- 3. Concerning the inhabitants of Flatland -- 4. Concerning the women -- 5. Of our methods of recognizing one another -- 6. Of recognition by sight -- 7. Concerning irregular figures -- 8. Of the ancient practice of painting -- 9. Of the universal colour bill -- 10. Of the suppression of the chromatic sedition -- 11. Concerning our priests -- 12. Of the doctrine of our priests -- pt. 2. Other worlds -- 13. How I had a vision of Lineland -- 14. How I vainly tried to explain the nature of Flatland -- 15. Concerning a stranger from Spaceland -- 16. How the stranger vainly endeavoured to reveal to me in words the mysteries of Spaceland -- 17. How the sphere, having in vain tried works, resorted to deeds -- 18. How I came to Spaceland, and what I saw there -- 19. How, though the sphere shewed me other mysteries of Spaceland, I still desired more; and what came of it -- 20. How the sphere encouraged me in a vision -- 21. How I tried to teach the theory of three dimensions to my grandson, and with what success -- 22. How I then tried to diffuse the theory of three dimensions by other means, and of the result -- The fourth dimension in mathematics.

Summary:

The first-ever annotated edition of the beloved classic is beautifully illustrated and brilliantly brought to life for a new generation of readers. Published in 1884 by an English clergyman and headmaster, it is a fanciful tale of A. Square, a two-dimensional being visiting a three-dimensional world.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0738205419
9780738205410
190398517X
9781903985175
9780465011230
0465011233

Subject:

Abbott, Edwin Abbott, 1838-1926. Flatland.
Fourth dimension Fiction.
Mathematics Fiction.
Quatrième dimension Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Mathématiques Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Fourth dimension
Mathematics
Relativity (Physics)

Form/genre:

novellas.
satire (artistic device)
Fiction
Mathematical fiction
Novellas
Satirical literature
Science fiction.
Satires (Littérature)

Added entries:

Stewart, Ian, 1945- writer of introduction, editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 226680
Call No.: QA699 .A13 2002
Status: Available