Graham Farmelo, a British Physicist, has obviously done in-depth research, and I understand he had access to many of Dirac’s personal papers. This is one of the best books in terms of detail and insight into the brilliant character of Paul Dirac 1902-1984.
Paul Dirac won 1933 Nobel Prize in physics A compelling human story, The Strangest Man also depicts a spectacularly exciting era in scientific history. His tastes in the arts ranged from Beethoven to Cher, from Rembrandt to Mickey Mouse.īased on previously undiscovered archives, The Strangest Man reveals the many facets of Dirac's brilliantly original mind. Yet he was a family man and was intensely loyal to his friends. He was an extraordinarily reserved loner, relentlessly literal-minded, and appeared to have no empathy with most people. One of Einstein's most admired colleagues, Dirac was in 1933 the youngest theoretician ever to win the Nobel Prize in physics. His prediction of antimatter was one of the greatest triumphs in the history of physics. One of the discoverers of quantum mechanics, the most revolutionary theory of the past century, his contributions had a unique insight, eloquence, clarity, and mathematical power. Paul Dirac was among the great scientific geniuses of the modern age.
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