Imagining the Tenth Dimension

by Ryan Petty on February 13, 2007 · View Comments

This animation illustrates the concepts presented in chapter one of the book “Imagining the Tenth Dimension” by Rob Bryanton who writes for Wired. I have not read the entire book, only excerpts available at Amazon.com, but the website www.tenthdimension.com has a fascinating Flash animation which does a pretty good job of explaining one of the more esoteric concepts in quantum physics–the multi-dimensional nature of the universe.

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  • duggansc
    You should check out "Flatland" by Edwin Abbott. It is a short read and explains our inability to perceive higher dimensions by telling a story of a two-dimensional character visited by a three-dimensional character (a sphere). Same concept as used in the flash story here.
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