How to convert left shoe to right shoe by turning it around in the fourth dimension?

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I read Steven Pinker's book : "How the Mind Works". It contains an interesting quote:

I've studied three-dimensional mirror-images for twenty years, and I know mathematically you can convert a left shoe into a right one by turning it around in the fourth dimension....

I can't see how this can be done, can anyone explain?