When people are confronted with the subject of higher dimensions, or when asked if they believe in it or not, their answer will vary depending on if their background is more religious than scientific or vice versa.
The fact is that for many people "the fourth dimension" is a place—similar and different to our surrounding three-dimensional world around us. Visualizing it as "place" enable us to enter or exit from it like when going to some kind of theme park. Going to such a place will enlighten and will empower us in such a way that from that experience on to forever we'll be talking about the experience like sacred events that should not be shared with anybody except those "chosen" to experience a trip like ours in the future.
For the privileged beings of this hyperworld, we are seen somewhat as toys that can be manipulated at their will.
In the literature arena of the books, Charles Hinton (1853 - 1907), a British mathematician, occupies the place of one of the initiators among the public the fourth dimension subject. He studied the topic in a reasonable systematic approach, recurring to simple examples and explaining his ideas in nonmathematical terms.
Selected Papers of Charles Hinton about the fourth dimension |