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How To See In Four Dimensions

Posted by timothy on from the wrinkle-in-time-time dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Think it's impossible to see four-dimensional objects? These videos will show you otherwise. Some mathematicians work with four-dimensional objects all the time, and they've developed some clever tricks to get a feeling for what they're like. The techniques begin by imagining how two-dimensional creatures, like those in Edwin Abbot's 'Flatland,' could get a feeling for three-dimensional objects. When those techniques are transferred up a dimension, the results are gorgeous."

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  1. Seeing in 4 Dimensions? Bah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Seeing four-dimensional objects is not hard at all. First I imagine it in N dimensions, and then I take the case when N=4.