Flatland, a Romance of Many Dimensions.: (first Edition), and (Second Edition), Abbott Abbott Edwin

Автор: Abbott Edwin Abbott
Название: Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
ISBN: 1781390983 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781781390986
Издательство: Неизвестно
Рейтинг:
Цена: 26190.00 T
Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.

Автор: Edwin Abbott
Название: Flatland
ISBN: 014043531X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780140435313
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
Рейтинг:
Цена: 7030.00 T
Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A work that poses provocative questions about perception and reality. It is a parody of Victorian society where all existence is limited to length and breadth - its inhabitants unable even to imagine a third dimension. It provides an overview of this world - its physics and metaphysics, its history, customs and religious beliefs.

Автор: Abbott, Edwin A.
Название: Flatland
ISBN: 1607961024 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781607961024
Издательство: Неизвестно
Рейтинг:
Цена: 8270.00 T
Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.

Автор: Abbott Edwin A.
Название: Flatland
ISBN: 1532866607 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781532866609
Издательство: Неизвестно
Цена: 9190.00 T
Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.

Автор: Abbott, Edwin
Название: Flatland - a romance of many dimensions (the distinguished chiron edition)
ISBN: 918775116X ISBN-13(EAN): 9789187751165
Издательство: Неизвестно
Рейтинг:
Цена: 10990.00 T
Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This special edition is a distinguished vintage reproduction, of the 1884 satirical novella Flatland, by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott. Meticulously elaborated by the editorial team of Chiron Academic Press in collaboration with the renowned literature publisher Edition l'Aleph (www.l-aleph.com), this special edition, pays particular attention to the very authentic details of the editorial of text and images, fine type setting, mise-en-page, production, and print. The result is a revival of the vintage for the 21st century's reader. Thus a unique reading experience for the book lovers and collectors of this genre. A recommended edition to libraries.

Writing pseudonymously as "A Square", the book used the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to comment on the hierarchy of Victorian culture, but the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions. The story describes a two-dimensional world occupied by geometric figures, whereof women are simple line-segments, while men are polygons with various numbers of sides. The narrator is a square, a member of the caste of gentlemen and professionals, who guides the readers through some of the implications of life in two dimensions. The Square dreams about a visit to a one-dimensional world (Lineland) inhabited by "lustrous points", and attempts to convince the realm's monarch of a second dimension; but is unable to do so. . .

"One of the most imaginative, delightful and, yes, touching works of mathematics, this slender 1884 book purports to be the memoir of A. Square, a citizen of an entirely two-dimensional world." -The Washington Post Book World

"Flatland has remained of interest for over a century precisely because of its ability to engage its readers on so many different planes in so many different dimensions."-Victorian Studies "This reprint of Abbott's Flatland adventures contains an Intro¬duction by Thomas Banchoff which is worth reading on its own. So if you don't have yet this book at home, go ahead and buy this edition."-Zentralblatt MATH

In 1884, Edwin Abbott wrote a strange and enchanting novella called Flatland, in which a square who lives in a two-dimensional world comes to comprehend the existence of a third dimension but is unable to persuade his compatriots of his discovery. Through the book, Abbott skewered hierarchical Victorian values while simul¬taneously giving a glimpse of the mathematics of higher dimensions.-Science News

Автор: Abbott, Edwin A.
Название: Flatland
ISBN: 1617430099 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781617430091
Издательство: Неизвестно
Рейтинг:
Цена: 19300.00 T
Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.

Автор: Abbott, Edwin Abbott
Название: Flatland
ISBN: 160444102X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781604441024
Издательство: Неизвестно
Рейтинг:
Цена: 14490.00 T
Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Very popular amongst mathematics, physics, and computer science students, Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is an 1884 satirical novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin 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. However, the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions; in a foreword to one of the many publications of the novella, noted science writer Isaac Asimov described Flatland as "The best introduction one can find into the manner of perceiving dimensions" Several films have been made from the story, including a feature film in 2007 called Flatland. Other efforts have been short or experimental films, including one narrated by Dudley Moore and a short film with Martin Sheen titled Flatland: The Movie.

Автор: Abbott, Edwin Abbott
Название: Flatland
ISBN: 1615341846 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781615341849
Издательство: Неизвестно
Рейтинг:
Цена: 8270.00 T
Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.

Автор: Abbott Edwin A.
Название: Clue: A Guide Through Greek to Hebrew Scripture
ISBN: 1070247073 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781070247076
Издательство: Неизвестно
Цена: 10290.00 T
Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Описание: The primary object of this work is to indicate means for constructing a clue by which scholars may systematically find their way through any Greek translation from Hebrew back to the Hebrew original. The secondary object is to demonstrate that parts of the Synoptic Gospels are based upon a common original Hebrew document, not Aramaic, but Hebrew in the strict sense, biblical Hebrew.Another object is to give specimens of the manner in which one may employ the clue so as to return from the Gospels to their original Hebrew. Some years ago, the notion that a Jewish Christian would write a Gospel in Hebrew, a dead language, might have been dismissed by many as absurd. But the recent discovery of the lost Hebrew of portions of Ecclesiasticus reveals a Jew, long after Hebrew had ceased to be spoken, writing with fair success in "biblical Hebrew," just as the chroniclers of the life of St. Francis might write the Saint's words (as well as his deeds) in Latin, though St. Francis spoke in Italian. This in itself - apart from the opinion of so learned and laborious a scholar as Professor Resch - ought to convince people that there is no antecedent improbability in the hypothesis that the earliest written Gospel was composed in biblical Hebrew.From this original Hebrew to ascend still further to the Galilaean Aramaic actually uttered by our Lord, is a different object - possibly attainable, and certainly not underrated by the author, but not contemplated in this treatise. On the hypothesis of a Hebrew Gospel, the differences between Aramaic and Hebrew will not be likely to affect that large portion of the Gospels in which the evangelists, speaking in their own person, describe Christ's birth, death, resurrection, and miracles. The earliest Christian ecclesiastical historian, Papias, tells us that "Matthew composed the "Logia" in the Hebrew language, and each one interpreted them as he could." This external evidence dissipates a good deal of the alleged improbability of a Hebrew original. However, neither external evidence nor antecedent probabilities will find much space in the following pages. For it is there maintained that the internal evidence derivable from a Greek document can as absolutely and scientifically demonstrate translation from biblical Hebrew documents, as fossils in a rock can demonstrate the action of water. The details of the demonstration will be often necessarily technical, but its fundamental principles can be made clear to the simplest intelligence. And even of the details a large number can be mastered without knowledge of any ancient language. For the scholar, the statements made in the text will be demonstrated by quotations from the Hebrew Bible and from the Greek translations of it. These the "unlearned" reader will be unable to understand. Similarly, in a Court of Justice, a juror may be unable to understand the words of a foreign witness. He depends on the interpreter. But he is not thereby excluded from giving a verdict, and his verdict is generally right. This is as it should be. It seems intolerable that, on points vitally affecting the religion and spiritual development of the multitudes, the ultimate judgment should rest with a few linguistic or theological specialists. The truth is - and to show that it is true is another object of this work - that what is called "the higher criticism" is simply scientific investigation and classification submitted to the judgment of common sense.

Автор: Abbott Edwin Abbott
Название: Flatland: A Romance Of Many Dimensions
ISBN: 9353424461 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789353424466
Издательство: Неизвестно
Рейтинг:
Цена: 11650.00 T
Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Описание: This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions. 2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work. We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. HAPPY READING

Автор: Abbott Edwin A.
Название: Flatland
ISBN: 1607961075 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781607961079
Издательство: Неизвестно
Цена: 22980.00 T
Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.

Автор: Abbott Edwin A.
Название: Flatland
ISBN: 1613821956 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781613821954
Издательство: Неизвестно
Рейтинг:
Цена: 23630.00 T
Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.