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Paul Dirac
| English physicist, Nobel laureate in physics (together with E. Schrödinger) Date of Birth: Country: Great Britain |
Content:
- Biography of Paul Dirac
- Contributions to Quantum Mechanics
- Discovery of the Positron
- Later Contributions and Honors
Biography of Paul Dirac
Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, an English physicist, was born in Bristol, England.
Diracs biography
His father, Charles Adrien Ladislas Dirac, was a French language teacher at a private school, and his mother, Florence Hannah (Holten) Dirac, was English. Dirac initially attended a commercial school in Bristol and then studied electrical engineering at the University of Bristol, where he graduated in with a Bachelor of Science degree.
During his time at university, Dirac became interested in Albert Einstein's theory of relativity and spent two years studying mathematics beyond the regular course. He then went on to pursue a Ph.D. in mathematics at St. John's College, Cambridge, and defended his doctoral disser