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Paul Dirac

Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac (/dɪ.ˈræk/, dih-RAK; 8 August 1902 – 20 October 1984) was an English theoretical physicist who is considered to be one of the founders of quantum mechanics. Dirac laid the foundations for both quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory, coining the former term. He was Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of…

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Known for
Dirac equation · Dirac large numbers hypothesis · Dirac membrane · Dirac operator · Kapitsa–Dirac effect
Awards
Nobel Prize in Physics (1933) · Royal Medal (1939) · Copley Medal (1952) · Max Planck Medal (1952) · J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize (1969)
Education
University of Bristol (grad. 1921, 1923) · St John's College, Cambridge (grad. 1926)
Born
Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac (1902-08-08)8 August 1902 Bristol, England
Children
4 in total (2 stepchildren, including Gabriel)
Citizenship
United Kingdom · Switzerland (until 1919)

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Paul Dirac → Dirac equation, Dirac large numbers hypothesis, Dirac membrane, Dirac operator, Dirac–Born–Infeld action, Fermi–Dirac statistics, Gravitational waves, Kapitsa–Dirac effect, Magnetic monopoles, Quantum electrodynamics
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Paul Dirac → Behram Kurşunoğlu, C. J. Eliezer, Dennis Sciama, Harish-Chandra, John Polkinghorne, Richard J. Eden
Awards · 5
Paul Dirac → Copley Medal (1952), J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize (1969), Max Planck Medal (1952), Nobel Prize in Physics (1933), Royal Medal (1939)
Other notable students · 5
Paul Dirac → Fred Hoyle, Freeman Dyson, Herbert Jehle, Homi J. Bhabha, Victor Weisskopf
Citizenship · 2
Paul Dirac → Switzerland (until 1919), United Kingdom
Education · 2
Paul Dirac → St John's College, Cambridge (grad. 1926), University of Bristol (grad. 1921, 1923)

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