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A novel of the fourth dimension tom doherty associates books. Mathematician and sciencefiction novelist rudy rucker takes readers on a guided tour of a higher reality that explores what the fourth dimension is and what it has meant to generations of thinkers. The fourth dimension by rudy rucker book cover, description, publication history. Geometry, relativity and the fourth dimension by rudolf rucker. My fourth dimension has been one of my bestselling books, with translations. A novel of the fourth dimension tom doherty associates books kindle edition by rucker, rudy. Find the fourth dimension by rucker, rudy at biblio. Square who receives a surprise visit from a higherdimensional sphere, rudy rucker s spaceland describes the life of joe cube, an. The fourth dimension by rudy rucker the fourth dimension its a myth, a reality, a dream, an equation, a hypercube, the face of god, the photograph of everything at once. The best of the books on the fourth dimension written from a mystical point of view is tertium organum by p.
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