Geometry, Relativity and the Fourth DimensionCourier Corporation, 8. juni 2012 - 160 sider This is a highly readable, popular exposition of the fourth dimension and the structure of the universe. A remarkable pictorial discussion of the curved space-time we call home, it achieves even greater impact through the use of 141 excellent illustrations. This is the first sustained visual account of many important topics in relativity theory that up till now have only been treated separately. |
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... square , Figure 3 ) and move the square one unit forward out of the paper to produce a 3 - D cube ( Figure 4 ) . Notice that we cannot actually draw a 3 - D cube on this 2 - D sheet of paper . We represent the third dimension by a line ...
... Square ( Figure 9 ) and he lives in Flatland . A. Square first appeared in the book Flatland , written by Edwin لة Fig . 9 . A. Abbott around 1884. It The Fourth Dimension / 3.
... Square can move up / down or left / right or in any combina- tion of these two types of motion , but he can never ... Square on to the third dimension , he has a rough time . The first thing A. Sphere tried was to simply move right ...
... Square , A. Square re- mained unconvinced . So A. Sphere did some more tricks . First he removed an object from a sealed chest in A. Square's room - without opening the chest and without breaking any of its walls . How was this possible ...
... square . The idea is that since the fourth dimension is perpendicular to all of our normal 3 - D space directions , our enclosures have no walls against this direction . Everything on Earth lies open to a 4 - D spectator , even the ...