If you've never heard the term Mathematical Fiction before, Edwin Abbott Abbott's 1884 novella, Flatland can certainly enlighten you! Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions was...
Bruce Abbott is a man with one goal in life, find justice. With a cigaret in hand and a flask on his hip he's out there looking for the truth, no matter how gritty it really is....
«Cuando a la señorita Prims de Oscar Wilde le preguntaron por la novela en tres tomos que había perdido, dijo: “Los buenos acababan bien y los malos, mal. Eso es ficción”,...
The French mathematician and philosopher, Blaise Pascal once remarked, Cleopatra's nose. Had it been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been changed! Such was the...
Jacob Abbott wrote many historical books for children. He was careful to ensure historical accuracy, and as he said himself in the preface to this book Whatever of interest ......
There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the...