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.

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While William Rowan Hamilton isn’t a household name like, say, Einstein or Hawking, he might have been. It turns out the Irish mathematician almost stumbled on quantum theory in the or around 1827.

Reprint of the ed. published in 1882-1889 by Hodges, Figgis, Dublin, in series: Dublin University Press series. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp ...