Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
by Edwin Abbott Abbott
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About This Book
Edwin Abbott Abbott, né le 20 décembre 1838 à Marylebone et mort le 12 octobre 1926 (à 87 ans) à Hampstead, est un professeur et théologien anglais. Il est surtout connu comme l'auteur de la satire mathématique et de l'allégorie religieuse, Flatland, qui conte les aventures d'un Carré dont le monde plat est mis en cause par la découverte de l'intrusion d'une Sphère.
Chapters (28)
- Flatland
- A Romance of Many Dimensions With Illustrations
- FLATLAND
- PART I 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
- PART II 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 words, 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 desire 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
- PREFACE TO THE SECOND AND REVISED EDITION, 1884. BY THE EDITOR
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