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Abbott, Edwin B., 1881 or 1882-1956

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: [1881,1882]-1956- - 1956

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Flatland / Abbott, Edwin., 1952

 Item
Identifier: CC-24299-24751
Scope and Contents

Sixth Edition, revised with introduction by Banesh Hoffmann. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1952

Flatland / Edwin Abbott; M Bradbury., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-27042-27516
Scope and Contents

First published in 1884, there have been more than 24 English editions of Flatland published. Abbott's text has been described as "prophetic in its scientific revelations of multi-dimensionality." Andrew Hoyem is the printer of this edition which unfolds to gigantic proportions. Images were dye-cut fom one side of the sleeve page as a reinterpretation of Abbott's drawings from his 1st edition. Background colors to the images and lines were applied by hand. Ray Bradbury has provided an introduction to the text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Flatland / Edwin Abbott; M Bradbury., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-27042-27516
Scope and Contents

First published in 1884, there have been more than 24 English editions of Flatland published. Abbott's text has been described as "prophetic in its scientific revelations of multi-dimensionality." Andrew Hoyem is the printer of this edition which unfolds to gigantic proportions. Images were dye-cut fom one side of the sleeve page as a reinterpretation of Abbott's drawings from his 1st edition. Background colors to the images and lines were applied by hand. Ray Bradbury has provided an introduction to the text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Flatterland: Like Flatland, Only More So / Stewart, Ian ; Abbott E., 2001

 Item
Identifier: CC-35885-37646
Scope and Contents

This book is published as a sequel to "Flatland" by Edwin Abbott Abbott, published in 1884, in which all the inhabitants are two dimensional. Stewart, who is a professor of mathematics, created this contemporary guide of a journey through Mathiverse. His main character, Victoria Line, explores the "present understanding of the shape and origins of the universe, the nature of space, time and matter and modern geometrics and their applications." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001