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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
The Annotated Flatland
Preface to the Second and Revised Edition, 1884. By the Editor
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 desired 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.
The Fourth Dimension in Mathematics
The Origins of Geometry
Non-Euclidean Geometry
The Complex Plane
Curved Space
Do Higher Dimensions Exist?
Bibliography of Edwin Abbott Abbott
Bibliography of Charles Howard Hinton
Sources and References
Further Reading
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