Thomas Banchoff Professions : Mathematician Born : April 7, 1938 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Thomas Banchoff All of us are slaves to the prejudices of our own dimension. Thomas Banchoff prejudice education math Today the major reason for our interest in Flatland is that for the first time we can achieve some of the dreams of our ancestors a century ago and obtain direct visual experience of phenomena in a dimension higher than our own. Thomas Banchoff ontology dream today The slicing technique from Flatland still remains one of the most powerful tools for dealing with aggregates in higher dimensions. Thomas Banchoff technique powerful tools Similar Authors Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch mathematician Brahmagupta mathematician Augustus De Morgan mathematician Augustin-Louis Cauchy mathematician Atle Selberg mathematician Arthur Cayley mathematician All Authors