Surfing through Hyperspace: Understanding Higher Universes in Six Easy Lessons [1ST ed.] 0195130065, 9780195130065, 9781423736714
Do a little armchair time-travel, rub elbows with a four-dimensional intelligent life form, or stretch your mind to the
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Table of contents :
Contents......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
Introduction......Page 22
1. Degrees of Freedom......Page 30
2. The Divinity of Higher Dimensions......Page 50
3. Satan and Perpendicular Worlds......Page 80
4. Hyperspheres and Tesseracts......Page 108
5. Mirror Worlds......Page 146
6. The Gods of Hyperspace......Page 168
Concluding Remarks......Page 190
Appendix A: Mind-Bending Four-Dimensional Puzzles......Page 196
Appendix B: Higher Dimensions in Science Fiction......Page 202
Appendix C: Banchoff Klein Bottle......Page 212
Appendix D: Quaternions......Page 215
Appendix E: Four-Dimensional Mazes......Page 217
Appendix F: Smorgasbord for Computer Junkies......Page 219
Appendix G: Evolution of Four-Dimensional Beings......Page 223
Appendix H: Challenging Questions for Further Thought......Page 226
Appendix I: Hyperspace Titles......Page 239
Notes......Page 244
Further Readings......Page 257
About the Author......Page 260
Addendum......Page 262
H......Page 264
S......Page 265
Z......Page 266
Contents......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
Introduction......Page 22
1. Degrees of Freedom......Page 30
2. The Divinity of Higher Dimensions......Page 50
3. Satan and Perpendicular Worlds......Page 80
4. Hyperspheres and Tesseracts......Page 108
5. Mirror Worlds......Page 146
6. The Gods of Hyperspace......Page 168
Concluding Remarks......Page 190
Appendix A: Mind-Bending Four-Dimensional Puzzles......Page 196
Appendix B: Higher Dimensions in Science Fiction......Page 202
Appendix C: Banchoff Klein Bottle......Page 212
Appendix D: Quaternions......Page 215
Appendix E: Four-Dimensional Mazes......Page 217
Appendix F: Smorgasbord for Computer Junkies......Page 219
Appendix G: Evolution of Four-Dimensional Beings......Page 223
Appendix H: Challenging Questions for Further Thought......Page 226
Appendix I: Hyperspace Titles......Page 239
Notes......Page 244
Further Readings......Page 257
About the Author......Page 260
Addendum......Page 262
H......Page 264
S......Page 265
Z......Page 266
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