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'''Paul A.M. Dirac''' (1902-1984) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] theoretical [[physicist]] who helped develop mathematical expressions of relativistic [[quantum mechanics]]. His [[science|scientific]] [[philosophy]] was this: "Physical laws should have mathematical beauty and simplicity."   

'''Paul A.M. Dirac''' (1902-1984) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] theoretical [[physicist]] who helped develop mathematical expressions of relativistic [[quantum mechanics]]. His [[science|scientific]] [[philosophy]] was this: "Physical laws should have mathematical beauty and simplicity."   

Dirac developed a equation of motion for the wavefunction of the [[electron]] based on [[Theory of relativity|relativity]]. Dirac predicted the existence of the [[positron]], the electron's [[antiparticle]], which was subsequently discovered by [[Carl Anderson]] in 1932. Dirac was awarded th eNobel Prize in 1932, the youngest scientist ever to win it.  Dirac was the founder of [[quantum electrodynamics]].

Dirac developed a equation of motion for the wavefunction of the [[electron]] based on [[Theory of relativity|relativity]]. Dirac predicted the existence of the [[positron]], the electron's [[antiparticle]], which was subsequently discovered by [[Carl Anderson]] in 1932. Dirac was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1933<ref>[http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1933/ The Official Web Site of the Nobel Prize:] The Nobel Prize in Physics 1933

Erwin Schrödinger, Paul A.M. Dirac</ref>, the youngest scientist ever to receive this honor.  Dirac was the founder of [[quantum electrodynamics]].

Dirac published the "[[Principles of Quantum Mechanics]]" in 1930, which introduced the widely used [[Dirac delta]] [[function]] and [[bra-ket notation]].  Inspired in part by this book, the physicist [[Richard Feynman]] later proposed a path integral formulation of quantum mechanics in 1948.

Dirac published the "[[Principles of Quantum Mechanics]]" in 1930, which introduced the widely used [[Dirac delta]] [[function]] and [[bra-ket notation]].  Inspired in part by this book, the physicist [[Richard Feynman]] later proposed a path integral formulation of quantum mechanics in 1948.

Dirac was such an outspoken atheist that fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli is said to had quipped: "Our friend Dirac also has a religion! The central tenet of his religion is: 'There is no God, and Dirac is His prophet.' "  

Dirac was such an outspoken atheist that fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli is said to had quipped: "Our friend Dirac also has a religion! The central tenet of his religion is: 'There is no God, and Dirac is His prophet.' "  

 

==further reading==

==Further reading==

* Farmelo, Graham. '' The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom'' (2009)

* Farmelo, Graham. '' The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom'' (2009)