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" Flatland : "
Edwin A. Abbott ; edited with an introduction and notes by Rosemary Jann.
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BL
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990837
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b745207
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Abbott, Edwin Abbott,1838-1926.
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Flatland : : a romance of many dimensions /\ Edwin A. Abbott ; edited with an introduction and notes by Rosemary Jann.
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Oxford :: Oxford University Press,, 2006.
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Oxford world's classics.
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1 online resource (xlii, 124 pages) :: illustrations.
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0191517348
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: 9780191517341
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: 9781280762888
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: 9781429487207
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: 9786610762880
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0192805983
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9780192805980
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Edwin A. Abbott; FLATLAND; Explanatory Notes.
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| Abstract
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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.
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Fourth dimension, Fiction.
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Dimension 4
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Fläche
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Fourth dimension.
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SCIENCE-- Energy.
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SCIENCE-- Mechanics-- General.
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SCIENCE-- Physics-- General.
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Science-Fiction
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823.8
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QA699.A13 2006eb
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HL 4990rvk
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Jann, Rosemary,1949-
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