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The invention of dimension

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Assigning dimensions to physical quantities is not just for practicality. Steven T. Bramwell reflects on the deeper physical connotations of it all.

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  1. London Centre for Nanotechnology and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Steven T. Bramwell is at University College London, 17–19 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, UK,

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Bramwell, S. The invention of dimension. Nature Phys 13, 820 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys4229

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