平地：多维的浪漫 Flatland : A Romance of Many Dimensions 英 埃德温·A·艾勃特 英文文字版[PDF]

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资源信息： 中文名: 平地：多维的浪漫 原名: Flatland : A Romance of Many Dimensions 作者: (英)埃德温·A·艾勃特 资源格式: PDF 版本: 英文文字版 出版社: CreateSpace 书号: 978-1449548667 发行时间: 2009年10月09日 地区: 美国 语言: 英文 概述:

内容简介: Edwin A.Abbott在1884年所著的经典故事《平地：多维的罗曼史》描述了“四边形”（A.Square）的冒险经历。四边形是一个生活在二维世界里的角色，在那里居住着能够活动的各种几何图形三角形、四边形、五边形等等。在故事接近尾声的时候，即2000年的第一天，一个来自三维“空间地带”的球形生物途径平地(Flatland)，将四边形带离他的二维世界，向他展示出更大世界里的三维面貌。当四边形逐渐了解球形世界所展示的一切时，他断定“空间地带”本身可能作为一个很小的子空间而存在于一个更大的四维宇宙中。 内容截图:

目录: PART I: THIS WORLD Section 1. Of the Nature of Flatland 2. Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland 3. Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland 4. Concerning the Women 5. Of our Methods of Recognizing one another 6. Of Recognition by Sight 7. Concerning Irregular Figures 8. Of the Ancient Practice of Painting 9. Of the Universal Colour Bill 10. Of the Suppression of the Chromatic Sedition 11. Concerning our Priests 12. Of the Doctrine of our Priests PART II: OTHER WORLDS 13. How I had a Vision of Lineland 14. How I vainly tried to explain the nature of Flatland 15. Concerning a Stranger from Spaceland 16. How the Stranger vainly endeavoured to reveal to me in words the mysteries of Spaceland 17. How the Sphere, having in vain tried words, resorted to deeds 18. How I came to Spaceland, and what I saw there 19. How, though the Sphere shewed me other mysteries of Spaceland, I still desired more; and what came of it 20. How the Sphere encouraged me in a Vision 21. How I tried to teach the Theory of Three Dimensions to my Grandson, and with what success 22. How I then tried to diffuse the Theory of Three Dimensions by other means, and of the result