This work investigates ways of picturing and understanding dimensions below and above our own. What would a two-dimensional universe be like? How can we even attempt to picture objects of four, five or six dimensions? Such are the questions examined in this text.
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Höhe: 230 mm
Breite: 250 mm
Dicke: 15 mm
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978-0-7167-6015-3 (9780716760153)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Introducing dimensions; scaling and measurement; slicing and contours; shadows and structures; regular polytopes and fold-outs; perspective and animation; configuration spaces; coordinate geometry; non-Euclidean geometry and nonorientable surfaces.