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Paul Dirac: The Equation and Antimatter
The famously silent Bristol engineer who wrote the relativistic equation for the electron (1928), predicted antimatter, founded quantum electrodynamics, and believed physical laws must be mathematically beautiful.
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Prereqs: Heisenberg & Schrödinger; special relativity. Next: Fermi; the Standard Model. Sources: Graham Farmelo, *The Strangest Man* (2009); Dirac, *The Principles of Quantum Mechanics* (1930); PBS Space Time.Next: 1. Life