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Shadows of reality : the fourth dimension in relativity, cubism, and modern thought / Tony Robbin.
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View onlineMath/Physics/Astronomy Library QC174.17.G46 R63 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Robbin, Tony.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geometric quantization.
- Fourth dimension.
- Art--Mathematics.
- Art.
- Geometry in art.
- Hyperspace.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 137 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2006]
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-128) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0300110391
- OCLC:
- 61262338
- Publisher Number:
- 9780300110395
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