Edwin A. Abbott

Broschiertes Buch

Flatland

A Romance of Many Dimensions

Beschreibung

"AT ONCE A PLAYFUL BRAINTEASER ABOUT GEOMETRY, A POINTED SATIRE OF VICTORIAN MANNERS-AND A STRANGELY COMPELLING ARGUMENT ABOUT THE GREATEST MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE." - The Wall Street Journal

Autor

Edwin Abbott Abbott, English schoolmaster and theologian, is best known as the author of the mathematical satire Flatland (1884). He was educated at the City of London School and at St John's College, Cambridge, where he took the highest honours in classics, mathematics and theology, and became fellow of his college. In 1862 he took orders. After holding masterships at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and at Clifton College, he succeeded G. F. Mortimer as headmaster of the City of London School in 1865 at the early age of twenty-six. He was Hulsean lecturer in 1876.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: G&D Media
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 186g
• ISBN-13: 9781722503680
• ISBN-10: 1722503688
• Artikelnr.: 65696210