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Introducing Dimensions

and

Scaling and Measurement


Chapters 1 & 2 from
Beyond the Third Dimension:
Geometry, Computer Graphics, and Higher Dimensions

by
Thomas F. Banchoff

Scientific American Library
Distributed by W. H. Freeman and Co.

Table of Contents


  1. INTRODUCING DIMENSIONS

  2. SCALING AND MEASUREMENT

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