A Primer of Higher Space (the Fourth Dimension) (Cosimo Classics Science)

Think of the fourth dimension not as a new region in space... but as a principle of growth of change... -from The Fourth Dimension as Time This 1913 treatise on the intersection of the mystical and the mathematical implied by Einsteins 1905 special theory of relativity is now considered a classic of philosophical physics. Claude Bragdon here first proposed the now mathematically commonplace concept of the hypercube or four-dimensional cube (he incorporated 4-D designs into some of his architectural projects) and explores his radical and provocative ideas about the mathematical structure of the universe. Complete with a gallery of Bragdons gorgeous line drawings illustrating higher space this is a truly mind-expanding experience. Other works by Bragdon available from Cosimo Classics: More Lives Than One The Beautiful Necessity Architecture and Democracy and Episodes from An Unwritten History. American architect stage designer and writer CLAUDE FAYETTE BRAGDON (1866-1946) helped found the Rochester Architectural Club in the city where he made his greatest mark as a building designer with structures including Rochester Central Station Rochester Institute of Technology and the First Universalist Church; he also designed Peterborough Bridge in Ontario. In later life Bragdon worked on Broadway as scenic designer for 1930s productions of Cyrano de Bergerac and Hamlet among others.