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Flatland : a Romance of Many Dimensions.
In 1884, Edwin Abbott Abbott wrote a mathematical adventure set in a two-dimensional plane world, populated by a hierarchical society of regular geometrical figures-who think and speak and have all too human emotions. Since then Flatland has fascinated generations of readers, becoming a perennial sc...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
1991.
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| Colección: | Princeton science library.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In 1884, Edwin Abbott Abbott wrote a mathematical adventure set in a two-dimensional plane world, populated by a hierarchical society of regular geometrical figures-who think and speak and have all too human emotions. Since then Flatland has fascinated generations of readers, becoming a perennial science-fiction favorite. By imagining the contact of beings from different dimensions, the author fully exploited the power of the analogy between the limitations of humans and those of his two-dimensional characters. A first-rate fictional guide to the concept of multiple dimensions of space, th. |
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| Notas: | Reprint. Originally published: 6th ed. New York : Dover Publications, 1953. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781400866649 1400866642 0691025258 9780691025254 9780486110530 0486110532 |