Flatland: A Romance of Many DimensionsIn this work about a land of two dimensions we have at once social satire, as pointed today as when it was written, and insights into theoretical science. The author, posing as a square inhabitant of Flatland, first describes his country. Then he tells of his visions of Lineland and Pointland, his trip to Spaceland, and his fate when he preaches the Third dimension in Flatland. |
Contents
THIS WORLD Section Of the Nature of Flatland 2 Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland 3 Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland | 3 |
Concerning the Women | 4 |
Of our Methods of Recognizing one another | 5 |
Of Recognition by Sight | 6 |
Concerning Irregular Figures | 7 |
Of the Ancient Practice of Painting | 8 |
Of the Universal Colour Bill | 9 |
Of the Suppression of the Chromatic Sedition | 10 |
I2 | 48 |
PART II | 55 |
OTHER WORLDS 13 How I had a Vision of Lineland | 57 |
How I vainly tried to explain the nature of Flatland | 62 |
Concerning a Stranger from Spaceland | 68 |
How the Stranger vainly endeavoured to reveal to me in words the mysteries of Spaceland | 72 |
How the Sphere having in vain tried words resorted to deeds | 81 |
How I came to Spaceland and what I saw there | 84 |
Concerning our Priests Of the Doctrine of our Priests 3 5 B our co | 17 |
Section | 23 |
How though the Sphere shewed me other mys teries of Spaceland I still desired more and what came of it хvіі 72 81 | 89 |
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