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Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac OM FRS (/ d ɪ ˈ r æ k /; 8 August 1902 – 20 October 1984) was an English mathematical and theoretical physicist who is considered to be one of the founders of quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics.
Jun 28, 2024 · P.A.M. Dirac was an English theoretical physicist who was one of the founders of quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics. Dirac is most famous for his 1928 relativistic quantum theory of the electron and his prediction of the existence of antiparticles. In 1933 he shared the Nobel Prize for.
Biographical. Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac was born on 8th August, 1902, at Bristol, England, his father being Swiss and his mother English. He was educated at the Merchant Venturer’s Secondary School, Bristol, then went on to Bristol University.
Feb 1, 1998 · Paul Dirac: the purest soul in physics. 01 Feb 1998. Paul Dirac published the first of his papers on “The Quantum Theory of the Electron” seventy years ago this month. The Dirac equation, derived in those papers, is one of the most important equations in physics, says Michael Berry. Genius at work.
Oct 2, 2009 · Up next, the strangest physicist you probably never heard of. At age 31 in 1933, Paul Dirac won the Nobel Prize. And at the time, he was the youngest person ever to receive that honor. His work...
Facts. Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1933. Born: 8 August 1902, Bristol, United Kingdom. Died: 20 October 1984, Tallahassee, FL, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
May 20, 2009 · Among scientists, Paul Dirac is widely regarded as being in the same league as Albert Einstein. In London's Westminster Abbey, Dirac's eponymous equation describing the quantum behaviour of...
Feb 17, 2023 · Interview with Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac (1902–1984), Nobel Prize in Physics 1933, "for the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory".
Feb 13, 2024 · Paul Dirac was a pivotal figure in the development of quantum mechanics and quantum field theory. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, his work had a lasting influence on the scientific community. Dirac was renowned for his dedication to mathematical beauty and simplicity in physical laws.
May 12, 2009 · Paul Dirac. The father of antimatter was the remarkable English physicist Paul Dirac (1902-1984), considered by many to be the greatest British theorist since Sir Isaac Newton.
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