The Fourth Dimension Simply Explained: A Collection of Essays Selected From Those Submitted in the Scientific American's Prize Competition (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Henry Parker Manning

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0332855856 ISBN 13: 9780332855851

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Discover how geometry could reach into a fourth dimension and beyond.

This collection of brief essays, selected from a popular competition, aims to popularize a topic long seen as a geometric novelty. It presents clear, accessible discussions of what the fourth dimension could mean, how it relates to non-Euclidean ideas, and how mathematicians think about abstract spaces.

Written to illuminate rather than to overwhelm, the book guides readers through the basics of higher-dimensional thinking, the role of axioms in geometry, and the ways four-dimensional ideas can be imagined without losing touch with our three-dimensional world.

• How people picture dimensions beyond the familiar three and why geometry can be abstract yet meaningful.
• Different viewpoints, including how non-Euclidean geometries fit into the larger picture.
• Reasonable interpretations of higher dimensions and the kinds of questions they raise.
• Examples and thought experiments that illustrate how objects might behave in four dimensions.

Ideal for readers curious about math, space, and the nature of dimensions who want a clear, thoughtfully explained introduction.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0332855856
• ISBN 13: 9780332855851
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 257