book-aesthete: Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. With Illustrations by the Author, A SQUARE Edwin A. Abbott. London, Seely & Co, 1884. viii, 100 pp. 8½x7, pictorial parchment wrappers. First Edition. Scarce first edition of an influential work of satire and mathematical fiction. A tale of a two-dimensional world. B-A Note: Oh, how I would love to get a look at this!

book-aesthete:

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. With Illustrations by the Author, A SQUARE
Edwin A. Abbott. London, Seely & Co, 1884.

viii, 100 pp. 8½x7, pictorial parchment wrappers. First Edition. Scarce first edition of an influential work of satire and mathematical fiction. A tale of a two-dimensional world.

B-A Note: Oh, how I would love to get a look at this!

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    If you don’t know this book, you can read...description on wikipedia, it’s fascinating.
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    This reminds me of Sheldon Cooper
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    Did any one else have to read this for Freshman Geometry? (Yes, there is a reprint)
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    Does anyone know if there is a reprint...this? I’ve only heard
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    I have a 1986 printing of this. Wish it had this cover!
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    This book is amazing. Owning a...dream come true.
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