Flatland an edition with notes and commentary
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York : Washington, D.C. :
Cambridge University Press ; Mathematical Association of America
2010.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b38449754*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Of the nature of flatland
- Of the climate and houses in flatland
- Concerning the inhabitants of flatland
- Concerning the women
- Of our methods in recognizing one another
- Of recognition by sight
- Concerning irregular figures
- Of the ancient practice of painting
- Of the universal colour bill
- Of the suppression of the chromatic sedition
- Concerning our priests
- Of the doctrine of our priests
- How I had a vision of lineland
- How I in my vision i endeavored to explain the nature of Flatland, but could not
- Concerning a stranger from spaceland
- How the stranger vainly endeavoured to reveal to me in words the mysteries of spaceland
- How the sphere, having in vain tried words, resorted to deeds
- How I came to spaceland and what I saw there
- How, though the sphere showed me other mysteries of Spaceland, I still desired more; and what came of it
- How the sphere encouraged me in a vision
- How I tried to teach the theory of three dimensions to my grandson, and with what success
- How I then tried to diffuse the theory of three dimensions by other means, and of the result
- Epilogue by the editor.
