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Old 05-26-2011, 07:42 PM   #34
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Originally Posted by Elfwreck View Post
Flatland: a romance of many dimensions, by Edwin A. Abbot (Science fiction or subversive social commentary. Or both.)
You forgot 'primer on fourth dimensional geometry.' Great book. I wasn't aware of the satirical aspect when I first read it in grade school, and I took the SF aspect as merely the framing for the math instruction.

This is the best free edition I've found (properly illustrated):
http://www.epubbooks.com/book/300/flatland

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