A four-dimensional tribute to the late Madeleine L'Engle (Video)

In honor of A Wrinkle in Time author Madeleine L'Engle (who died last week), physicist David Morgan explains tesseracts (aka a "four dimensional cube"). Link

Previously on Boing Boing:
• RIP: author Madeleine L’Engle (Thanks, Andy!)

[#1 posted by pork musket , September 11, 2007 3:00 PM]

To save you all the trouble of watching the incredibly slow-loading video, the explanation really wasn't that in-depth or enlightening. Take a line, length L. L^2 is a square, 2 dimensions. L^3 is a cube, 3 dimensions. L^4 is a tesseract or hypercube, 4 dimensions. They have a goofy computer 2-d model that rotates. Nothing to see here.

[#2 posted by Chris , September 11, 2007 3:23 PM]

Oh, this is cool! Thanks for it. Here is my effort to explain the tesseract:

http://lonelypictures.blogspot.com/search?q=tesseract

[#3 posted by Anonymous , September 11, 2007 5:14 PM]

Am I the only one somewhat annoyed that she used the word "tesseract" when she clearly meant "wormhole"? IIRC, the concept of a hypercube doesn't come up anywhere in the novels...which is something you'd expect when the word tesseract is thrown around.

[#4 posted by StudioRobot , September 11, 2007 7:20 PM]

if you want to get more in depth with these concepts, check this out:

http://www.tenthdimension.com/medialinks.php

not 100% accurate (i don't think), but REALLY INTERESTING!!!!

[#5 posted by Anonymous , September 11, 2007 8:01 PM]

I think everyone should re-read the book.
Time is the fourth dimension the tesseract
is actually the fifth dimension (no cracks about the age of aquarius either)

1. line
2. square
3. cube
4. cube cubed
5. tesseract