A Visual Introduction to the Fourth Dimension (Rectangular 4D Geometry)

I've got interested in the fourth dimension, so I was looking for some book that could explained in an easy way for a none mathematician and I've found this book. I certainly recommend this book if you're looking to learn more about the fourth dimension. One thing, and perhaps the must important for me, that I learned was to think outside the tesserac.

This book is very easy to understand. It breaks down the fourth dimension into plain language and includes some jokes and humor.

Interesting theoretical read.

Great book for those studying and understanding four dimentional thinking and reality. Easy to digest and nicely illustrated packing great information.

This was not represented well, and could use more sample pics... it comes like a childs 4th grade math workbook, which is fine as my intelligence is prob at that level anyway but i was looking for more words to mull so i could project the idea in my own spatial eye and not the kind of goofy way the idea is represented... im looking for some hardcore punishment, pure dry conceptual brutality to stimulate my stagnating brain.. not rainbows etc... so 3 stars for personal dissapointment

I should have listened to the reviewers who said the juvenile drivel the author calls humor is distracting. Just so the author knows, every few paragraphs you can throw in some "humor", every other sentence is maddening. Every other sentence is not an exaggeration. Any paragraph from this book could serve as the dictionary definition of "ad nauseum". And some humor closer to the maturity level of the subject would have been nice. I only paid $4 for the kindle version, and I tried to return it.

I'm not a math guy, but I do find the concepts in this book fascinating. McMullen did a *fantastic* job of explaining complex concepts like I'm five (which is a great thing!!). He obviously had a lot of joy writing it, and that's apparent in every word and sentence. The single drawback, the one thing that knocks this two stars down, is that he had *too* much fun. Way too many jokes that run way too long. Every other sentence is talking about monkeys (McMullen uses monkeys as his widget, so to speak). I found it frustrating that I'd have to skip entire paragraphs to get to the actual point that he's trying to make. Here's an example from the start of chapter 5:"Imagine a point located at the origin. Only instead of a point lets call it a 0[Dimensional] banana. Just in case you're sick of monkeys, a banana might be a nice change of pace. If also contemplation of the 4th dimension happens to drive you bananas, it will be quite fitting. (Read this book at your own risk. The author is not liable for any readers who go bananas after thinking about the fourth dimension.)"This is sort of thing is constant, frustrating, distracting, and does not contribute to my understanding of the subject matter. I'd loosely estimate that for every 3 given paragraphs, one is *completely* unnecessary. Further more, because its distracting and frustrating, it also makes the rest of the writing confusing because I have to consciously disregard the jokes to try and glean the point McMullen is trying to make. It's a lot like getting a word problem in elementary school math, where you have to choose which information to ignore and which information is actually important to solve the question. When you combine this with mid-sentence interjections about monkeys, bananas, apples, whatever, it gets even more bothersome.I loved the knowledge in this book. The book was only 83 pages of content (subtracting About the Author, Recommended Reading, Glossary, etc). I just find myself wishing that it was about 45 pages- not because it was too complex, but because I wish all the extra, distracting stuff, was removed.

The illustrations and explanations were great. There was just say too much monkeys, tails and bananas for me! Maybe I,m just too old for the book!