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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... chapter ) , then we can conceive of Heaven and Hell as being two parts of 4 - D space which are separated only by our 3 - D universe . Any angel thrown out of Heaven has to pass through our space before he can get to Hell . Now , if a ...
... Organum by P. D. Ouspensky , who also has a good chapter on the fourth dimension in his book A New Model of the Universe . In any case , Abbott's Flatland ends shortly after A. 10 GEOMetry , RelatIVITY AND THE FOURTH DIMENSION.
... place a snail shell on the table and ask the spirits to turn it into its mirror image . In what way does a spiral shell differ from its mirror image ? ( 7 ) Our actual retinal images of the world. PROBLEMS ON CHAPTER 1.
... Chapter 3 , " Curved Space " ) . Right now , however , we would like to get some more models of non - Euclidean geometry , models in which the " many - parallels pos- tulate " holds . Recall that the Fifth Postulate said that , given a ...
... chapter . If distance is defined in a suitable way , our " straight lines " will be geodesics ! A stretched string will be along a geodesic line that is also a " straight line . " Swinging a string around will produce a closed curve ...