{ "item_title" : "Flatland", "item_author" : [" Edwin Abbott "], "item_description" : "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 CONTENTSPART I THIS WORLD 41.--OF THE NATURE OF FLATLAND. 42.--OF THE CLIMATE AND HOUSES IN FLATLAND. 53.--CONCERNING THE INHABITANTS OF FLATLAND. 64.--CONCERNING THE WOMEN. 85.--OF OUR METHODS OF RECOGNIZING ONE ANOTHER. 106.--OF RECOGNITION BY SIGHT. 127.--OF IRREGULAR FIGURES. 148.--OF THE ANCIENT PRACTICE OF PAINTING. 169.--OF THE UNIVERSAL COLOR BILL. 1710.--OF THE SUPPRESSION OF THE CHROMATIC SEDITION. 1911.--CONCERNING OUR PRIESTS. 2112.--OF THE DOCTRINE OF OUR PRIESTS. 22 PART II OTHER WORLDS 2513.--HOW I HAD A VISION OF LINELAND. 2514.--HOW I VAINLY TRIED TO EXPLAIN THE NATURE OF FLATLAND. 2715.--CONCERNING A STRANGER FROM SPACELAND. 2916.--HOW THE STRANGER VAINLY ENDEAVORED TO REVEAL TO ME IN WORDS THE MYSTERIES OF SPACELAND. 3117.--HOW THE SPHERE, HAVING IN VAIN TRIED WORDS, RESORTED TO DEEDS. 3418.--HOW I CAME TO SPACELAND, AND WHAT I SAW THERE. 3519.--HOW, THOUGH THE SPHERE SHOWED ME OTHER MYSTERIES OF SPACELAND, I STILL DESIRED MORE; AND WHAT CAME OF IT. 3820.--HOW THE SPHERE ENCOURAGED ME IN A VISION. 4121.--HOW I TRIED TO TEACH THE THEORY OF THREE DIMENSIONS TO MY GRANDSON, AND WITH WHAT SUCCESS. 4222.--HOW I THEN TRIED TO DIFFUSE THE THEORY OF THREE DIMENSIONS BY OTHER MEANS, AND OF THE RESULT. 43 ", "item_img_path" : "https://covers2.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/1/64/032/083/1640320830_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "4.99", "online_price" : "4.99", "our_price" : "4.99", "club_price" : "4.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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