In 1843, William Rowan Hamilton had a four-dimensional flash of insight that still shapes our three-dimensional world. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

(In contrast a scalar quantity has magnitude only - eg, the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4...) The diagram above represents a vector. The arrow displays its direction, hence this ...

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