A New Era of Thought

"A New Era of Thought" by Charles Howard Hinton is a book from the late 1800s that explores the idea of dimensions we can't see, especially the fourth dimension, and wants to change how people think about space and what they know. The book teaches readers how to understand these dimensions using special methods, pushing them to think beyond what they normally believe about the world. It begins by helping readers understand the basic ideas needed to study spaces with more dimensions than we are used to. Hinton talks about his own struggles with learning and how we need to really work at understanding higher dimensions. He thinks it's important for people to get involved and actively organize information to learn well. People can go beyond what they currently understand by working with simple shapes to understand relationships that are more complex. This prepares the reader for an exploration into life beyond the normal senses can detect.