Paul
Adrien Maurice Dirac (1902 - 1984)
'Genius
and Recluse'
Paul Dirac , working
almost in isolation in Cambridge, England, derived an equation that correctly
describes the motion of an ELECTRON
- the simplest object in physics. His 'Dirac Equation' utilised the newly
developed theory of Quantum Mechanics in full harmony with Einstein's
Special Theory of Relativity. Dirac's Equation predicted the existence
of the positron, an antimatter
particle. The existence of antimatter was confirmed by experiment in 1932.
The Dirac equation stands alone as a work of art of the first magnitude.
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