Flatland：A Romance of Many Dimensions

作者: Edwin Abbott 著

出版社: penguin

出版时间: 1998-06

版次: 1

ISBN: 9780140435313

定价: 88.70

装帧: 平装

开本: 32开

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 144页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>小说

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FLATLANDhasfascinatedgenerationsofreaders.Itisadeftmixtureofsocialsatireandsciencefictionthatcontinuestoposeprovocativequestionsaboutperceptionandreality.

FLATLANDisabrilliantparodyofVictoriansocietywhereallexistenceislimitedtolengthandbreadth-itsinhabitantsunableeventoimagineathirddimension.Theamiablenarrator,ASquare,providesanoverviewofthisfantasticworld-itsphysicsandmetaphysics,itshistory,customsandreligiousbeliefs.ButwhenastrangevisitormysteriouslyappearsandtransportstheincredulousFlatlandertotheLandofThreeDimensions,hisworldviewisforevershattered. Edwin A. Abbott (1838-1926), a distinguished headmaster andShakespeare scholar, wrote several books in the fields ofliterature and theology. His hobby was the study of highermathematics and geometry, and this inspired his experimental taleFlatland, first published under the pseudonym. --This textrefers to an out of print or unavailable edition of thistitle. Introduction by Alan Lightman

Suggestions for Further Reading

Preface to the Second and Revised Edition, 1884

PART I This World

SECTION

　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 in 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

　……
内容简介:
FLATLANDhasfascinatedgenerationsofreaders.Itisadeftmixtureofsocialsatireandsciencefictionthatcontinuestoposeprovocativequestionsaboutperceptionandreality.

FLATLANDisabrilliantparodyofVictoriansocietywhereallexistenceislimitedtolengthandbreadth-itsinhabitantsunableeventoimagineathirddimension.Theamiablenarrator,ASquare,providesanoverviewofthisfantasticworld-itsphysicsandmetaphysics,itshistory,customsandreligiousbeliefs.ButwhenastrangevisitormysteriouslyappearsandtransportstheincredulousFlatlandertotheLandofThreeDimensions,hisworldviewisforevershattered.
作者简介:
Edwin A. Abbott (1838-1926), a distinguished headmaster andShakespeare scholar, wrote several books in the fields ofliterature and theology. His hobby was the study of highermathematics and geometry, and this inspired his experimental taleFlatland, first published under the pseudonym. --This textrefers to an out of print or unavailable edition of thistitle.
目录:
Introduction by Alan Lightman

Suggestions for Further Reading

Preface to the Second and Revised Edition, 1884

PART I This World

SECTION

　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 in 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

　……