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Flatland de Edwin Abbott

Flatland

Autor Edwin Abbott
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 oct 2017
Unabridged, illustrated value reproduction of Flatland by Edwin Abbott, in this affordably printed volume, is a book that belongs on everyone's shelf. Published originally in 1884, Abbott's novella was a social commentary told through mathematical a framework. With Einstein's 1915 publication of the Theory of Relativity, Flatland became popular as a prophet of four dimensions. This Value Classic Reprint provides a slim volume with full text and illustrations of this timeless classic at an affordable price. TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I THIS WORLD 4 § 1.-OF THE NATURE OF FLATLAND. 4 § 2.-OF THE CLIMATE AND HOUSES IN FLATLAND. 5 § 3.-CONCERNING THE INHABITANTS OF FLATLAND. 6 § 4.-CONCERNING THE WOMEN. 8 § 5.-OF OUR METHODS OF RECOGNIZING ONE ANOTHER. 10 § 6.-OF RECOGNITION BY SIGHT. 12 § 7.-OF IRREGULAR FIGURES. 14 § 8.-OF THE ANCIENT PRACTICE OF PAINTING. 16 § 9.-OF THE UNIVERSAL COLOR BILL. 17 § 10.-OF THE SUPPRESSION OF THE CHROMATIC SEDITION. 19 § 11.-CONCERNING OUR PRIESTS. 21 § 12.-OF THE DOCTRINE OF OUR PRIESTS. 22 PART II OTHER WORLDS 25 § 13.-HOW I HAD A VISION OF LINELAND. 25 § 14.-HOW I VAINLY TRIED TO EXPLAIN THE NATURE OF FLATLAND. 27 § 15.-CONCERNING A STRANGER FROM SPACELAND. 29 § 16.-HOW THE STRANGER VAINLY ENDEAVORED TO REVEAL TO ME IN WORDS THE MYSTERIES OF SPACELAND. 31 § 17.-HOW THE SPHERE, HAVING IN VAIN TRIED WORDS, RESORTED TO DEEDS. 34 § 18.-HOW I CAME TO SPACELAND, AND WHAT I SAW THERE. 35 § 19.-HOW, THOUGH THE SPHERE SHOWED ME OTHER MYSTERIES OF SPACELAND, I STILL DESIRED MORE; AND WHAT CAME OF IT. 38 § 20.-HOW THE SPHERE ENCOURAGED ME IN A VISION. 41 § 21.-HOW I TRIED TO TEACH THE THEORY OF THREE DIMENSIONS TO MY GRANDSON, AND WITH WHAT SUCCESS. 42 § 22.-HOW I THEN TRIED TO DIFFUSE
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781640320833
ISBN-10: 1640320830
Pagini: 46
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 4 mm
Greutate: 0.09 kg
Editura: Chump Change

Notă biografică

Edwin A. Abbott (1838 - 1926) was a leading scholar of the Victorian period. A schoolmaster from the age of 26, Abbott oversaw the education of many luminaries of the Edwardian era and beyond, including Prime Minister H. H. Asquith. In his retirement, Abbott devoted himself to writing theological discussions and biographies. In 1884, he wrote Flatland, a highly original work of satirical science-fiction that is now considered a canonical example of the genre.

Recenzii

Flatland (1884) is an influential mathematical fantasy that simultaneously provides an introduction to non-Euclidean geometry and a satire on the Victorian class structure, issues of science and faith, and the role of women. A classic of early science fiction, the novel takes place in a world of two dimensions where all the characters are geometric shapes. The narrator, A Square, is a naïve, respectable citizen who is faced with proof of the existence of three dimensions when he is visited by a sphere and is forced to see the limitations of his world.
The introduction to this Broadview Edition provides context for the book’s references to Victorian culture and religion, mathematical history, and the history of philosophy. The appendices contain contemporary reviews; extracts from the work of fellow mathematical fantasy writer/mathematician Charles Hinton; Hermann von Helmboltz’s “The Axioms of Geometry” (1870); and autobiographical passages from Abbott’s The Kernel and the Husk (1886).

“Part mathematical exploration, part satire, and part fairy tale, Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbot has been around for more than a century and remains a standard in mathematics education…The Broadview Edition of the book combines the text with a variety of notes and essays that enhance the reading and study of this classic.” — Bill Wood, The Mathematical Association of America
“Handing its reader the full range of Abbott’s cultural sources and pedagogical motives in one volume, Lila Marz Harper’s edition of Flatland is a welcome event. Her detailed introduction provides a comprehensive overview of Flatland’s intellectual landscape and a generous sampling of current critical discussion. The content of the appendices is well chosen; especially useful is the lengthy selection from Jowett’s translation of Plato’s allegory of the Cave. Placing Abbott’s perennial mathematical parable and curious social critique squarely into its Victorian contexts, Harper also traces Flatland’s deep philosophical roots and spiritual aspirations.” — Bruce Clarke, Texas Tech University
“Among the most enduring works of Victorian fiction, Flatland justly continues to attract both popular and scholarly attention. Lila Marz Harper’s richly annotated edition rewards readers by illuminating a variety of perspectives that can be profitably adopted when exploring Abbott’s imaginative worlds today. Her introduction effectively contextualizes Flatland as reflecting mathematical innovations, progressive hermeneutics, spiritualism, social institutions, and national identity in nineteenth-century England. The meticulously compiled appendices are invaluable for providing contemporaneous responses and intellectual alternatives to, as well as appropriations of, Abbott’s genre-defying work. Harper has made an outstanding, multidimensional contribution to Flatland scholarship.” — K. G. Valente, Colgate University

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Flatland (1884) is an influential mathematical fantasy that simultaneously provides an introduction to non-Euclidean geometry and a satire on the Victorian class structure, issues of science and faith, and the role of women. A classic of early science fiction, the novel takes place in a world of two dimensions where all the characters are geometric shapes. The narrator, A Square, is a naïve, respectable citizen who is faced with proof of the existence of three dimensions when he is visited by a sphere and is forced to see the limitations of his world.
The introduction to this Broadview Edition provides context for the book’s references to Victorian culture and religion, mathematical history, and the history of philosophy. The appendices contain contemporary reviews; extracts from the work of fellow mathematical fantasy writer/mathematician Charles Hinton; Hermann von Helmboltz’s “The Axioms of Geometry” (1870); and autobiographical passages from Abbott’s The Kernel and the Husk (1886).

Cuprins

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Edwin Abbott Abbott: A Brief Chronology
A Note on the Text
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
Appendix A: Contemporary Reviews
  1. The Oxford Magazine (5 November 1884)
  2. From The Literary World (14 November 1884)
  3. The Exchange with The Athenaeum (November-December 1884)
  4. The Architect (15 November 1884)
  5. R.Tucker, Nature (27 November 1884)
  6. New York Times (23 February 1885)
  7. From the New York Tribune (6 March 1885)
  8. Advertisement Run by Robert Brothers Publishers in The Literary World (21 March 1885)
Appendix B: Sources and Influences
  1. From Benjamin Jowett’s Translation of Plato’s Republic (1871)
  2. From Hermann von Helmholtz, “The Axioms of Geometry” (1870)
  3. From Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov(1879-80)
  4. From C.H. Hinton, “What is the Fourth Dimension?” (1884)
Appendix C: Other Works by Abbott
  1. From The Kernel and the Husk (1886)
  2. From The Spirit on the Water:The Evolution of the Divine From the Human (1897)
Appendix D: The Influence of Flatland
  1. From A.T. Schofield, Another World (1905)
  2. From C.H. Hinton, The Fourth Dimension (1904)
  3. From C.H. Hinton, An Episode of Flatland: or How a Plane Folk Discovered the Third Dimension (1907)
Appendix E: Mathematical Background
  1. Macmillan’s Catalog of Geometry Textbooks (1884)
  2. From Euclid’s Elements
  3. The T.H. Huxley–J.J. Sylvester Debate (1869-77)
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