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Shadows of reality : the fourth dimension in relativity, cubism, and modern thought
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- Creator
- Tony Robbin
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2006]
- ©2006
- Physical Details
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- xiv, 137 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780300129625, 0300110391, 9786611730420, 9781281730428, 1281730424, 9780300110395, 0300129629
- OCLC
- ocm61262338, ocn129664422, ocn923590525, on1024042207
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-128) and index.
- The origins of four-dimensional geometry -- Fantasies of four-dimensional space -- The fourth dimension in painting -- The truth -- A very short course in projective geometry -- Patterns, crystals, and projections -- Twistors and projections -- Entanglement, quantum geometry, and projective reality -- Category theory, higher-dimensional algebra, and the dimension ladder -- The computer revolution in four-dimensional geometry -- Conclusion : art, math, and technical drawing