Paul A. M. Dirac, Interview by Friedrich Hund (1982) [video] (youtube.com)

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srean 3d ago ↗

https://saemiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1A934B69-17...

One of my favorite photographs. It captures their characters so well.

rramadass 3d ago ↗

Nice; the quintessential Theoretical/Mathematical Physicist!

The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Quantum Genius - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strangest_Man

Paul Dirac Quotes - https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Paul_Dirac

Read his speech/essay; The Relation between Mathematics and Physics by Paul Dirac - https://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/events/strings02/dirac/speach.ht...

Wikipedia also has a nice general overview; Relationship between Mathematics and Physics - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relationship_between_mathemati...

signa11 3d ago ↗

aside: for feynman, mr. oppenheimer said "he is a second Dirac, only this time human".

amai 3d ago ↗

Both were pretty neurodivergent. Dirac had Autism and Feynman probably Autism + ADHD .

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skew-aberration 1d ago ↗

It is a shame to think that people might be aware of Dirac only through reference to Feynman, whose greatest works extended Dirac's own original breakthroughs. He has been rightly likened instead to Einstein for the brilliance and creativity of his contributions. Dirac created much of the foundations, modern formalisms, and mathematical tools of (especially relativistic) QM and also wrote the best textbook on the subject.

amai 3d ago ↗

Dirac: "Yes, that is so."

rramadass 1d ago ↗

"There is no God and Dirac is his Prophet".

-- Wolfgang Pauli.

meken 1d ago ↗

I recently watched the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion, where they make reference to a Dirac Sea [1].

It seemed very magical/trippy/cool.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirac_sea

bigmattystyles 1d ago ↗

Are the two middle initials necessary? Any other notable Paul Dirac's?