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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... the corners of the box . 4 : Draw the hyperbola branch that grazes the box and has the diagonal lines for asymptotes . then attempt to find the related curved - space model. 28 / GEOMETRY , RELATIVITY AND THE FOURTH DIMENSION.
... hyperbola with these asymptotes which passes through ( a , 0 ) ( see Figure 47 ) . - Note that if a = 0 , then the hyperbola ( x2 / a2 ) — y2 = 1 is just the y - axis . Thus our " straight lines " will be real straight lines that pass ...
Rudolf Rucker. we just take every hyperbola to be a " straight line " ? Because then there would be many " straight lines " between any two points , thus violating the First Postulate . As it turns out , I have been able to prove , with ...
... hyperbolas of the correct form that pass through P and miss m ( Figure 51 ) . 112 P Fig . 51 . We arrived at the Flat Sphere by starting out with the real sphere and then thinking of stereographic projection ( the idea for the Flat ...
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