Geometry, Relativity, and the Fourth DimensionDover Publications, 1977 - 133 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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... postulates we decide to accept . SECOND POSTULATE : Every straight line can be continued endlessly ( see Figure 35 ) . This has to do with our feeling that space has no boundaries , no edges . You never reach a point beyond which a ...
... Postulate to be false in our space . There were two sorts of reasons given for this belief . The first reason was that God would not have botched his work . The idea was that space was an almost divine , eternally existing absolute form ...
... Postulate . As it turns out , I have been able to prove , with the help of Professor Paul Schaefer , that , given ... Postulate ( Figure 48 ) . The Flat Saddle is also a model of the Second Postulate since each of its " straight lines ...
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THE FOURTH DIMENSION | 1 |
NONEUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY | 17 |
CURVED SPACE | 36 |
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