Nick Sousanis - Unflattening-Harvard University Press (2015)

'SOMe 2000 YeA~<; eA~Lie~ IN Jo~L.t:N'oNVr<-rf'\,
f:'~TO<;TH!:'Nf:'<; APPLI!:'D A <;IMILA~
TeCHNIQUf:' TO TH!:' f:'A~TH IT<;eLF.
R.ePO~T<; F~M 5YeNe, FA~ TO THe
<;OUTH, INDICATeD THAT AT NOON ON
THe <;UMMe~ <;OLsr!Ce, THe <;UN <;HONe /
TO THe BOTTOM OF A Def:'P WeLL AND
COLUMN<; THe~e CA<;T NO <;HADOW<;.
/ /
YeT, IN ALeXAND~IA AT
THe <;AMe MOMeNT,
~----i <;HADOW<; Pe~<;I<;TeD-1-------------------------'
THe <;UN WA<; NOT
Dl~eCTLY OYe~HeAD.
e~TO<;THeNe.;
KNeW THAT THe
<;UN WA<; AT <;UCH
A G~eAT DI<;TANCe
THAT IT<$ ~Y<;
~UCKTH!:'
eA~ PA~LL!:'L
TO ONe ANOTHe~,
WHICH MeANT THAT THI<; OB<;e~D
DI<;C~ePANCY OF <;HADOW<; AT
THe<;e TWO LOCATION<; COULD
ONLY OCCU~ IF THe eA~ WA<;
CU~D (DeMON~TING A
LONG-HeLD <;UPPO<;ITION).
I e~TO<;THeNe.; coNTINUeD. I
BY MeA<;U~ING THe LeNGTH
OF A <;HADOW CA<;T AT
ALeXAND~IA AND THe
HeiGHT OF THe COLUMN
CAsr!NG IT, He FOUND THe
ANGLe OF DI<;PLACeMeNT
BeTWef:'N ALeXAND~IA AND
-sYeNe.
TWO POINT<; - TWO eYe<; - CONNeCTeD,
FO<;Te~eD AN eXPAN<;ION OF <;IGHT AND
R.e<;HAPeD OU~ VleW OF THe PLANeT.
THI<; <;UGGS<;T<; A DSFINITION TO BUILD ON:
1./NFLAíTENING I<; A <;IMULTANeOU<; eNGAGeMeNT
OF MUL TIPLe VANTAGe POINT<; F~M WHICH TO
eNGSNDeR. NeW WAY<; OF <;SS'ING.
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