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Flatland - A Romance of Many Dimensions - cover

Flatland - A Romance of Many Dimensions

Edwin Abbott Abbott

Publisher: Good Press

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Summary

Flatland is a book by Edwin A. Abbott. It presents a work of hypothetical mathematics cleverly concealed within a peculiar but oddly amusing social satire.
Available since: 11/19/2019.
Print length: 171 pages.

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