Seriously though, one more thing...
Conclusion
The Man, The Myth, The Legend
- Paul A. M. Dirac
- Born: August 8, 1902
- Died: October 20, 1984
- Education &
Works:
Merchant
Venturer's
Secondary
School
St. John's College
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Research, Papers, and discovery
Bristol University
Professor
of
Mathematics at Cambridge
1933 Nobel Prize
THE END.
- The Nobel Prize in Physics 1933 was awarded jointly to Erwin Schrödinger and Paul Dirac "for the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory"
- Theory: All matter is made up of
photons, electrons, positrons,
protons, and neutrons.
- Positrons have almost identical
properties as electrons,
except they are opposite in
sign.
Paul Dirac's Theory of
Electrons and Positrons
Trey Hoos
Dirac's Equation
Nobel Laureate:
1933
Sources:
- http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1933/press.html#html#
- http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1933/dirac-lecture.pdf