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Anatomy in the 4th Dimension

The 4th dimension conjures up the impossible vastness of space, Star Wars, the cosmology of black holes, big bangs and the ethereal music of Richard Strauss (particularly the theme to 2001: A space odyssey). BY OWEN LEWIS

Anatomists also use dimensions in the naming of structures,the sternocleidomastoid muscle tells us its exact location. As I scribble these words, I am 30 meters above sea level, 0.37811 degrees longitude, 52.59840 degrees latitude. This information places me in three-dimensional space. By telling you it is 3pm on a sunny Thursday in May, I am giving you the dimension of time. Space and time are a coupled relationship that Einstein named spacetime. So, while the 4th dimension is said to be time it is therefore also space and, critically to us, the relationship of the two is one of movement. Neither space nor time, nor spacetime is a static entity.

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