Principal component analysis

Today I've learned about the existence of the Principal component analysis. It's supposed to find the orthogonal dimensions that best describe the variance of the data set. Perhaps this is the real answer for removing the duplication in the dimensions that I've been thinking about some time ago. And it had been invented in 1901! I haven't understood it yet, will need to read up on it. For now just making a note so that I won't forget about it.