The Resource Shadows of reality : the fourth dimension in relativity, cubism, and modern thought, Tony Robbin
Shadows of reality : the fourth dimension in relativity, cubism, and modern thought, Tony Robbin
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- Summary
- In this insightful book, which is a revisionist mathematics history as well as a revisionist art history, Tony Robbin, well known for his innovative computer visualizations of hyperspace, investigates different models of the fourth dimension and how these are applied in art and physics. Robbin explores the distinction between the slicing, or Flatland, model and the projection, or shadow, model. He compares the history of these two models and their uses and misuses in popular discussions. Robbin breaks new ground with his original argument that Picasso used the projection model to invent cubism, and that Minkowski had four-dimensional projective geometry in mind when he structured special relativity. The discussion is brought to the present with an exposition of the projection model in the most creative ideas about space in contemporary mathematics such as twisters, quasicrystals, and quantum topology. Robbin clarifies these esoteric concepts with understandable drawings and diagrams. Robbin proposes that the powerful role of projective geometry in the development of current mathematical ideas has been long overlooked and that our attachment to the slicing model is essentially a conceptual block that hinders progress in understanding contemporary models of spacetime. He offers a fascinating review of how projective ideas are the source of some of today's most exciting developments in art, math, physics, and computer visualization
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiv, 137 pages)
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780300129625
- Label
- Shadows of reality : the fourth dimension in relativity, cubism, and modern thought
- Title
- Shadows of reality
- Title remainder
- the fourth dimension in relativity, cubism, and modern thought
- Statement of responsibility
- Tony Robbin
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In this insightful book, which is a revisionist mathematics history as well as a revisionist art history, Tony Robbin, well known for his innovative computer visualizations of hyperspace, investigates different models of the fourth dimension and how these are applied in art and physics. Robbin explores the distinction between the slicing, or Flatland, model and the projection, or shadow, model. He compares the history of these two models and their uses and misuses in popular discussions. Robbin breaks new ground with his original argument that Picasso used the projection model to invent cubism, and that Minkowski had four-dimensional projective geometry in mind when he structured special relativity. The discussion is brought to the present with an exposition of the projection model in the most creative ideas about space in contemporary mathematics such as twisters, quasicrystals, and quantum topology. Robbin clarifies these esoteric concepts with understandable drawings and diagrams. Robbin proposes that the powerful role of projective geometry in the development of current mathematical ideas has been long overlooked and that our attachment to the slicing model is essentially a conceptual block that hinders progress in understanding contemporary models of spacetime. He offers a fascinating review of how projective ideas are the source of some of today's most exciting developments in art, math, physics, and computer visualization
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- Robbin, Tony
- Dewey number
- 530.11
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QC174.17.G46
- LC item number
- R63 2006eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
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- Geometric quantization
- Fourth dimension
- Art
- Geometry in art
- Hyperspace
- SCIENCE
- SCIENCE
- Art
- Fourth dimension
- Geometric quantization
- Geometry in art
- Hyperspace
- Label
- Shadows of reality : the fourth dimension in relativity, cubism, and modern thought, Tony Robbin
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-128) and index
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- online resource
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- 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
- Control code
- 129664422
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- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiv, 137 pages)
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- online
- Isbn
- 9780300129625
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- computer
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- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
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- 22573/ctt11133v
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- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)129664422
- Label
- Shadows of reality : the fourth dimension in relativity, cubism, and modern thought, Tony Robbin
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-128) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 129664422
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiv, 137 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780300129625
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt11133v
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)129664422
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