The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom

Paul Dirac was among the great scientific geniuses of the modern age. One of the discoverers of quantum mechanics, the most revolutionary theory of the past century, his contributions had a unique insight, eloquence, clarity, and mathematical power. His prediction of antimatter was one of the greatest triumphs in the history of physics. One of Einstein?s most admired colleagues, Dirac was in 1933 the youngest theoretician ever to win the Nobel Prize in physics.

Dirac?s personality is legendary. He was an extraordinarily reserved loner, relentlessly literal-minded and appeared to have no empathy with most people. Yet he was a family man and was intensely loyal to his friends. His tastes in the arts ranged from Beethoven to Cher, from Rembrandt to Mickey Mouse.

Based on previously undiscovered archives, The Strangest Man reveals the many facets of Dirac?s brilliantly original mind. A compelling human story, The Strangest Man also depicts a spectacularly exciting era in scientific history.

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-20-2009; Nobel Laureate, Fan of Cher; Paul Dirac was one of the founders of quantum theory. He fused quantum theory and the special theory of relativity and, in the process, provided a reason for suspecting that there is such a thing as anti-matter. Dirac died in 1984....; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-15-2009; A great and unusual scientific biography; Most biographies of scientists are uninteresting about their lives and half impenetrable, to the lay reader, about their science. Farmelo's book about this extraordinary man, who was until recently as unknown to the outside world as he...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-15-2009; Finally learned what I wanted to know.; Many years ago as a physics graduate student, I had the extraordinary honor to have lunch with Dirac along with several of my colleagues. I was warned beforehand not to expect much beyond carefully chosen words from him and to not take...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-13-2009; Someone has to say it; This book, while highly informative and very readable, has, in my view, three irritating flaws. One is poor editing. In the first chapter, Dirac's parents have two children on one page, three on the next, but the third isn't born until a...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-20-2009; Nobel Laureate, Fan of Cher; Paul Dirac was one of the founders of quantum theory. He fused quantum theory and the special theory of relativity and, in the process, provided a reason for suspecting that there is such a thing as anti-matter. Dirac died in 1984....; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-13-2009; Someone has to say it; This book, while highly informative and very readable, has, in my view, three irritating flaws. One is poor editing. In the first chapter, Dirac's parents have two children on one page, three on the next, but the third isn't born until a...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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