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The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Quantum Genius
Graham Farmelo
ISBN: 9780571222865
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Faber and Faber
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Paul Dirac was one of the leading pioneers of the greatest revolution in 20th-century science: quantum mechanics. Based on an archive of family papers, this title celebrates Dirac's massive scientific achievement while drawing a portrait of his life and work.
Paul Dirac was one of the leading pioneers of the greatest revolution in 20th-century science: quantum mechanics. The youngest theoretician ever to win the Nobel Prize for Physics, he was also pathologically reticent, strangely literal-minded and legendarily unable to communicate or empathize. Through his greatest period of productivity, his postcards home contained only remarks about the weather. Based on a previously undiscovered archive of family papers, Graham Farmelo celebrates Dirac's massive scientific achievement while drawing a compassionate portrait of his life and work. Farmelo shows a man who, while hopelessly socially inept, could manage to love and sustain close friendship. "The Strangest Man" is an extraordinary and moving human story, as well as a study of one of the most exciting times in scientific history.
| ISBN | 0571222862 | | Pages | 560 | | ISBN13 | 9780571222865
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 434 | | Publisher | Faber and Faber | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Faber and Faber | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 126 | | Publication date | 24 Dec 2009 | | Spine width (mm) | 35 | | DEWEY | 530.092 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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