The Fourth Dimension Simply ExplainedHenry Parker Manning
The Fourth Dimension Simply Explained
In January 1909 a friend of the Scientific American paid the sum of 500$ which was to be awarded as a prize for the best popular explanation of the Fourth Dimension. The object being to set forth in an essay not longer than 2500 words the meaning of the term so that the lay reader could understand it. 245 essays were submitted, the 500$ prize was awarded to Lieut.-Col. Graham Denby Fitch, Corps of Engineers, USA, and the essay was published in the Scientific American of July 3rd 1909.
Despite the character of the subject, extraordinary interest was manifested in the contest. Competitive essays were received from almost every civilized country. Because of this unexpected interest in the subject, it has seemed advisable to preserve a few of the essays which were submitted. Prof. Henry P. Manning (Brown Univ.) has chosen essays which lend themselves best for the purpose of a popular book on the Fourth Dimension, in other words, those which present the subject from as many different points of view as possible.
This book contains 22 of the submitted essays, starting with the prizewinning one, followed by three that received an honorable mention. (Summary adapted from the preface by Availle).
Audiolibros
25 capítulos
8 h 6 min
- 1 Preface3:11
- 2 Introduction, Part 136:57
- 3 Introduction, Part 239:47
- 4 An Elucidation of the Fourth Dimension20:38
- 5 Non-Eucledian Geometry and the Fourth Dimension16:12
- 6 Fourth Dimension Absurdities23:21
- 7 The Boundary of the Four-Dimensional Unit And Other Features of Four-Dimensional Space20:44
- 8 How the Fourth Dimension May Be Studied17:40
- 9 Space and Hyperspace18:00
- 10 An Interpretation of the Fourth Dimension20:00
- 11 Length, Breadth, Thickness, And Then What?16:27
- 12 The Fourth Dimension Algebraically Considered14:08
- 13 Difficulties In Imagining the Fourth Dimension17:04
- 14 Some Fourth Dimension Curiosities18:59
- 15 Characteristics of the Fourth Dimension18:29
- 16 The Fourth Dimension, the Playground of Mathematics17:39
- 17 The True and the False in the Theory of Four Dimensions18:33
- 18 The Ascending Series of Dimensions18:34
- 19 The Mind's Eye and the Fourth Dimension18:09
- 20 Other Dimensions Than Ours15:46
- 21 The Meaning of the Term 'Fourth Dimension'18:42
- 22 A Pupil in Geometry Quizzes His Teacher About the Fourth Dimension15:00
- 23 Possible Measurements And Forms In A System of Four Dimensions20:31
- 24 The Fairyland of the Fourth Dimension18:54
- 25 The Properties of Four-Dimensional Space22:41