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The concept of physical dimension or quantity dimension, and of dimensional analysis, was introduced by Joseph Fourier in 1822. [1]: 42
Aug 2, 2017 · The modern concept of dimension started in 1863 with Maxwell, who synthesized earlier formulations by Fourier, Weber and Gauss 1.
- Steven T. Bramwell
- s.t.bramwell@ucl.ac.uk
- 2017
Jun 21, 2024 · It took until the last century for physicists and mathematicians in the Netherlands to question the Euclidean concept of dimension as length, width, and height.
May 1, 1981 · The origin of the concept of physical dimensions is traced back to ideas previously used in analytic geometry. Descartes' use of the word “dimension” in the study of physical magnitudes...
The invention of dimension. Assigning dimensions to physical quantities is not just for practicality. Steven T. Bramwell reflects on the deeper physical connotations of it all.
- Steven T. Bramwell
- 2017
Julio Palacios (1964, p.9) begins the Introduction of his book with the following words: “It is due to Baron Jean Batiste Fourier to have applied to the physical magnitudes the geometric concept of dimension and, therefore, he deserves to be considered as the precursor of Dimensional Analysis.”
A physical property first arises as a concept based on experience, and is formalized by defining a comparison operation for determining whether two samples of it are equal ( A = B ) or unequal ( A B ).
