Salvador Dali's image of the crucified Christ represents the search for the transcendental or fourth dimension. Artists, theologians, mathematicians and cosmologists down the ages have all joined in the quest.
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Kemp, M. Dali's dimensions. Nature 391, 27 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/34063
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