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Re: Con-other

From:Jim Henry <jimhenry1973@...>
Date:Saturday, May 31, 2008, 15:38
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 1:37 AM,  <MorphemeAddict@...> wrote:
> In a message dated 5/29/2008 23:39:59 PM Central Daylight Time, > un.doing@GMAIL.COM writes:
>> How does that work? Isn't the 4th dimension time? I'm curious. Tell us more! >> >> Eugene
> Time is *a* fourth dimension, used in physics as a counterpart to the three > spatial dimensions. > But mathematics can use any (non-negative) number of dimensions. I
Maybe the best popular book on the subject is Rudy Rucker's _The Fourth Dimension_. His _Geometry, Relativity and the Fourth Dimension_ is less thorough, but maybe easier to find. -- Jim Henry http://www.pobox.com/~jimhenry