Born on this day 118-years ago one of the greatest, most underappreciated minds of the 20th century - Paul Dirac.
Here's his bio from the Nobel Prize folks.
He was a man of few words but his math and equations were poetry.
His biography The Strangest Man was a fascinating read if you're a fan of physics.
Here's a link to his 1963 article in Scientific American The Evolution of the Physicist's Picture of Nature. The article is a (very) long read but conversely it gives you both a succinct history of modern physics and a good taste of the genius of Paul Dirac.
Here's his bio from the Nobel Prize folks.
He was a man of few words but his math and equations were poetry.
His biography The Strangest Man was a fascinating read if you're a fan of physics.
Here's a link to his 1963 article in Scientific American The Evolution of the Physicist's Picture of Nature. The article is a (very) long read but conversely it gives you both a succinct history of modern physics and a good taste of the genius of Paul Dirac.
Under appreciated and underrated....never heard of him until this morning.
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