Kate O'Neill

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The two rails are parallel. But the two planes are not. How could they be? They meet at your eye, and parallel planes do not meet anywhere. But planes that aren’t parallel have to intersect in a line. In this case, the line is horizontal, emanating from your eye and proceeding parallel to the train tracks.
How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking
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