oldprocessstudioman t1_jabq1hu wrote on February 28, 2023 at 7:31 AM Reply to Just read Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott and it may just be the single most eye opening book I’ve ever read by sashanktungu this book gave me the context to understand the idea that an object casts a shadow one dimension less than itself- as in a 3d object casts a 2d shadow, a 2d object casts a 1d shadow- a 4d object casts a 3d shadow. makes my brain hurt in a good way! Permalink 2
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Reply to Just read Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott and it may just be the single most eye opening book I’ve ever read by sashanktungu
this book gave me the context to understand the idea that an object casts a shadow one dimension less than itself- as in a 3d object casts a 2d shadow, a 2d object casts a 1d shadow- a 4d object casts a 3d shadow. makes my brain hurt in a good way!