Paul A. M. Dirac, Interview by Friedrich Hund (1982) [video]

37 pointsposted a day ago
by emerongi

5 Comments

amai

6 hours ago

Dirac: "Yes, that is so."

rramadass

a day ago

Nice; the quintessential Theoretical/Mathematical Physicist!

The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Quantum Genius - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strangest_Man

Paul Dirac Quotes - https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Paul_Dirac

Read his lecture/essay; The Relation between Mathematics and Physics by Paul Dirac - https://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/events/strings02/dirac/speach.ht...

Wikipedia also has a nice general overview; Relationship between Mathematics and Physics - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relationship_between_mathemati...

signa11

a day ago

aside: for feynman, mr. oppenheimer said "he is a second Dirac, only this time human".

amai

7 hours ago

Both were pretty neurodivergent. Dirac had Autism and Feynman probably Autism + ADHD .