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		kschults on July 16, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Visualizing the Fourth Dimension Using Color What exactly is the 4th spacial dimension? Since we only experience space in three dimensions, how can we assign meaning to a fourth dimension in space?

secret on July 16, 2009 | [–]

These may help visualize 4D space:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_dimension

http://www.instructables.com/id/How_to_draw_a_4_dimension_cu...

kf on July 16, 2009 | | [–]

The classic Flatland also helps. http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/~banchoff/Flatland/

anigbrowl on July 16, 2009 | [–]

http://www.superliminal.com/cube/cube.htm

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