PAUL DIRAC AND HIS BEAUTIFUL MATHEMATICS

Authors

  • Shawnee L. McMurran smcmurra@csusb.edu
    California State University - USA
  • James J. Tattersall tat@providence.edu
    Providence College - USA

DOI:

10.47976/RBHM2007vn14

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Figure 1: P.A.M Dirac

Abstract

In 1975 Paul Dirac wrote, “Again and again, when I have been at a loss how to proceed, I have just had to wait until I have felt the mathematics lead me by the hand” [17].

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Published

2020-11-07

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MCMURRAN, Shawnee L.; TATTERSALL, James J. PAUL DIRAC AND HIS BEAUTIFUL MATHEMATICS. Brazilian Journal on the History of Mathematics, [s. l.], p. 14, 2020. DOI: 10.47976/RBHM2007vn14. Disponível em: https://rbhm.org.br/index.php/RBHM/article/view/295. Acesso em: 16 jul. 2024.