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[[Image:Dirac.gif|right|thumb|Paul Dirac]]

'''Paul A.M. Dirac''' (1902-1984) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] theoretical physicist who helped develop mathematical expressions of relativistic [[quantum mechanics]]. His 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 [[mathematics|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 relativity. Dirac to predicted the existence of the [[positron]], the electron's antiparticle, which was subsequently discovered by Carl Anderson in 1932. 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 to predicted the existence of the [[positron]], the electron's [[antiparticle]], which was subsequently discovered by [[Carl Anderson]] in 1932. Dirac was the founder of [[quantum electrodynamics]].

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

 

[[Category:Physicists|Dirac, Paul]]

[[Category:Physicists|Dirac, Paul]]