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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Penguin Classics)

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Penguin Classics)

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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Penguin Classics)

by Edwin A. Abbott

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ISBN 10
014043531X
ISBN 13
9780140435313
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UK: Penguin Classics, 1998. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Written more than a century ago,'Flatland ' conceals within its brilliant parody of Victorian society speculation about the universe that resonate in Einstein's theory of Relativity as well as in the current " string-theory " of nature. A good tight copy..

Synopsis

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is an 1884 satirical novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott. Writing pseudonymously as "a square", Abbott used the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to offer pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture.

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Title
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Penguin Classics)
Author
Edwin A. Abbott
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
Reprint
ISBN 10
014043531X
ISBN 13
9780140435313
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Place of Publication
UK
Date Published
1998
Keywords
FlatLand, Edwin A. Abbott
Size
8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall

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Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.

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