In one of the all-time classic Simpson’s episodes, Homer, in an attempt to hide from his hirsute sisters-in-law, stumbles through a portal and into the third dimension….holy macaroni!

Only when the scene cuts back to the family’s 2D living room does it hit us how much an extra dimension changed how Homer saw his new and unfamiliar world.

Imagining past the 4th is hard enough for most people, but how about a 10th? Rob Bryanton’s book “Imagining the Tenth Dimension: A New Way of Thinking About Time and Space” attempts to do just that. According to superstring theory, what we think of as reality is actually made up of one dimensional strings vibrating in the 10th dimension. WTF?

Bryanton’s book has come under fire for being an astrophysics for dummies kind of read, and inferior to the works of others, such as Brian Greene. But, if you feel like your brain needs a workout, reach for your reefer and watch away!

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