Welcome to the 10th Dimension

We live in a four-dimensional world1, and it’s pretty easy to grasp that. Up/down, left/right, forward/backward, all while moving through time.

In basic math classes, we also visualized shapes in one (a line), two (a plane), and three (a cube) dimensions as well. But what about the 5th dimension? (Cue Twilight Zone soundtrack)
From en.wikipedia.org:


How does one grasp what a fifth, sixth, or seventh dimension looks like? And what about the tenth dimension?

From www.boingboing.net:

Bowloftoast sez, “This is a short animation that takes the viewer through a progressive description of all (and all possible) dimensions, up to and including the 10th. It is an elegant introduction to the fundamentals of string theory and a mind-blowing toe-dip into the pool of the metaphysical.”

If you don’t see the video above, you may need to click through

via BoingBoing via Imagining the Tenth Dimension

  1. at least as far as we can experience