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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... continue this hair - raising tale , let's think about the analogy for us . It would seem that a 4 - D being could turn us into our own mirror image by rotating us , in the fourth 12 / GEOMETRY , RELATIVITY AND THE FOURTH DIMENSION.
... of the hypersphere , draw the straight line NP in 4 - D space and continue it until it hits a unique point P ' of your E3 . It is important here to realize that it is possible for a 42 / GEOMETRY , Relativity AND THE FOURTH DIMENSION.
... continue to be a plane ( that of his body ) collapsed into a line ( the retinal image ) with variations of brightness . In the same sense , if we were lifted into hyperspace , our visual space would continue to be a 3 - D space ( that ...
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THE FOURTH DIMENSION | 1 |
NONEUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY | 17 |
CURVED SPACE | 36 |
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