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... space " ( elevation ) . Or he can use his two dimensions to show the directions of the compass in a ground plan , which produces “ horizontal space " ( Figure 144 ) . Upright objects , such as human beings , trees , walls , table legs ...
... space " ( elevation ) . Or he can use his two dimensions to show the directions of the compass in a ground plan , which produces “ horizontal space " ( Figure 144 ) . Upright objects , such as human beings , trees , walls , table legs ...
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... space , in which the parallel postulate holds ( " Through any point not on a given line one and only one line can be drawn parallel to the given line " ) . But space does not have to be Euclidean . We are accustomed to thinking of the ...
... space , in which the parallel postulate holds ( " Through any point not on a given line one and only one line can be drawn parallel to the given line " ) . But space does not have to be Euclidean . We are accustomed to thinking of the ...
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... space crossing each other irreg- ularly . This could be shown only by the disintegration of space itself . If the cubist figures , guitars , and tables do not look like realistic hunks of inter- penetrating crystals , it is because the ...
... space crossing each other irreg- ularly . This could be shown only by the disintegration of space itself . If the cubist figures , guitars , and tables do not look like realistic hunks of inter- penetrating crystals , it is because the ...
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