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  1. Paul Dirac - Wikipedia

    During his career, Dirac made numerous important contributions to mathematical subjects, including the Dirac delta function, Dirac algebra and the Dirac operator.

  2. Dirac

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  3. P.A.M. Dirac | English Physicist & Nobel Laureate | Britannica

    Oct 16, 2025 · P.A.M. Dirac was an English theoretical physicist who was one of the founders of quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics. Dirac is most famous for his 1928 …

  4. Paul A.M. Dirac – Biographical - NobelPrize.org

    Dirac’s publications include the books Quantum Theory of the Electron (1928) and The Principles of Quantum Mechanics (1930; 3rd ed. 1947). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in …

  5. Paul Dirac (1902 - 1984) - Biography - MacTutor History of ...

    Paul Dirac is famous as the creator of the complete theoretical formulation of quantum mechanics.

  6. Paul Dirac - New World Encyclopedia

    This work led Dirac to predict the existence of the positron, the electron's antiparticle, which he interpreted in terms of what came to be called the Dirac sea.

  7. Paul Dirac - Biography, Facts and Pictures - Famous Scientists

    Paul Dirac Lived 1902 – 1984. Paul Dirac was one of the greatest theoretical physicists in history. He completely reshaped quantum mechanics with the astounding Dirac Equation. The Dirac …

  8. January 1928: The Dirac equation unifies quantum mechanics ...

    Dirac would earn the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery, which he shared with Schrödinger. The Dirac equation laid the foundation for quantum electrodynamics, a quantum …

  9. Dirac equation - Wikipedia

    Dirac's purpose in casting this equation was to explain the behavior of the relativistically moving electron, thus allowing the atom to be treated in a manner consistent with relativity. He hoped …

  10. Dirac’s Legacy – Simply Dirac - pressbooks.pub

    Dirac’s name is first of all associated with the Dirac equation, the relativistic wave equation for the electron, which he had ready in January 1928 and which had a galvanizing effect on …