Description
Paul Dirac was among the greatest scientific geniuses of the modern age. One of Einstein's most admired colleagues, he helped discover quantum mechanics, and his prediction of antimatter was one of the greatest triumphs in the history of physics. In 1933 he became the youngest theoretician ever to win the Nobel Prize in Physics. Dirac's personality, like his achievements, is legendary. The Strangest Man uses previously undiscovered archives to reveal the many facets of Dirac's brilliantly original mind.
Author: Graham Farmelo
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 06/28/2011
Pages: 560
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.49lbs
Size: 9.18h x 6.17w x 1.51d
ISBN13: 9780465022106
ISBN10: 0465022103
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
- Science | History
- Science | Essays
About the Author
Graham Farmelo is the author of several books, including The Strangest Man, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Farmelo is a Fellow at Churchill College at the University of Cambridge, an Affiliated Professor at Northeastern University, and is a regular visitor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He lives in London.