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The Appendix and the Spectacles (1928) |
 | Miles J. Breuer (M.D.) |
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There sometimes seems to be an unlimited supply of stories based on
the idea that we may be unaware of extra dimensions around us (just
like the inhabitants of Flatland). But, each
one has its own special features. Here we see it from a medical
perspective: what are the implications for surgery and malpractice?
Appears in Mathematical Magpie. (more) |
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The Book of Worlds (1929) |
 | Miles J. Breuer |
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Another story of 4-D from Miles Breuer, this time with Prof. Cosgrave who builds a "hyper-stereoscope" that can combine 3-dimensional views ("geometrical stereograms") from different angles into a 4-D... (more) |
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The Captured Cross-Section (1929) |
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| Miles J. Breuer (M.D.) |
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Another "extra dimensions" story, with the twist of our hero having to save his fiance (also a mathematician) from terrifying dangers. There is some nonsense at the beginning about rotations and a count... (more) |
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The Einstein See-Saw (1932) |
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| Miles J. Breuer |
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This is another of the hyperspace stories by Miles Breuer. This time, a mathematical physicist discovers that mattter can be tossed around in and out of space(-time) [see his papers, "A Preliminary Report... (more) |
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The Gostak and the Doshes (1930) |
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| Miles J. Breuer (M.D.) |
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In this classic science fiction story, a mathematical physicist convinces his friend to try to travel into another dimension by merely altering the way he thinks about things. The friend finds himself... (more) |
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