{"product_id":"paul-adrien-maurice-dirac-reminiscences-about-a-great-physicist-paperback-9780521386883","title":"Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac; Reminiscences about a Great Physicist (Paperback) 9780521386883","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePaul Adrien Maurice Dirac\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eReminiscences about a Great Physicist\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBehram N. Kursunoglu (Edited by), Eugene Paul Wigner (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521386883, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 26 April 1990\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e316 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.46 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaul Dirac, who died in 1984, was without question one of the greatest physicists of the twentieth century. His revolutionary contribution to modern quantum theory is remembered for its insight and creativity. He is especially famous for his prediction of the magnetic moment and spin of the electron and for the existence of antiparticles. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in 1933 at the age of 31. In this memorial volume, 24 of Dirac's friends, colleagues and contemporaries remember him with affection. There are chapters describing Dirac's personality, and many anecdotes about the man with a reputation for silence. Other chapters describe Dirac's science and its impact on modern physics.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePortrait R. Feyman\u003cbr\u003e List of contributors\u003cbr\u003e A memorial to P. A. M. Dirac B. N. Kursunoglu\u003cbr\u003e Preface B. N. Kursunoglu and E. P. Wigner\u003cbr\u003e Chronology\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Human Side: 1. Thinking of my darling Paul M. Dirac\u003cbr\u003e 2. Dirac in coral gables S. A. Kursunoglu\u003cbr\u003e 3. Recollections of Paul Dirac at Florida State University J. E. Lannutti\u003cbr\u003e 4. My association with Professor Dirac Harish-Chandra\u003cbr\u003e 5. What Paul Dirac meant in my life N. Kemmer\u003cbr\u003e 6. Dirac's way R. Peierls\u003cbr\u003e 7. An experimenter's view of P. A. M. Dirac A. D. Krisch\u003cbr\u003e 8. Dirac at the University of Miami H. K. Stanford\u003cbr\u003e 9. Remembering Paul Dirac E. P. Wigner\u003cbr\u003e Part II. More Scientific Ideas: 10. Another side to Paul Dirac R. H. Dalitz\u003cbr\u003e 11. Playing with equations, the Dirac way A. Pais\u003cbr\u003e 12. Paul Dirac and Werner Heisenberg - a partnership in science L. M. Brown and H. Rechenberg\u003cbr\u003e 13. Dirac's magnetic monopole and the fine structure constant W. J. Marciano and M. Goldhaber\u003cbr\u003e 14. Magnetic monopoles and the halos of galaxies F. Hoyle\u003cbr\u003e 15. The inadequacies of quantum field theory P. A. M. Dirac\u003cbr\u003e 16. Dirac and the foundation of quantum mechanics P. T. Matthews\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Influenced and Inspired by Association: 17. At the feet of Dirac J. C. Polkinghorne\u003cbr\u003e 18. Reminiscences of Paul Dirac N. Mott\u003cbr\u003e 19. From relativistic quantum theory to the human brain H. J. Lipkin\u003cbr\u003e 20. Dirac in 1962, weak and gravitational radiation interactions J. Weber\u003cbr\u003e 21. Schrödinger's cat W. E. Lamb, Jr.\u003cbr\u003e 22. Dirac and finite field theories A. Salam\u003cbr\u003e 23. Dirac's influence on unified field theory B. N. Kursunoglu\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Physics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Physics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Physics%20%5BPH%5D%22\"\u003ePH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004796522776,"sku":"9780521386883","price":56.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521386883i_4a243ed4-736e-48b0-939c-c4ef0075c72d.jpg?v=1691376193","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/paul-adrien-maurice-dirac-reminiscences-about-a-great-physicist-paperback-9780521386883","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}