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    Paul Dirac

    Paul Dirac

    modernMathematical Physics / Philosophy of Physics

    1902 – 1984

    Paul Dirac was a British theoretical physicist and one of the principal founders of quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics. He formulated the Dirac equation describing relativistic electrons, predicted the existence of antimatter, and shared the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics with Erwin Schrödinger.

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    Notable Achievements

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    Formulated the Dirac equation unifying quantum mechanics and special relativity

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    Predicted the existence of antimatter (the positron)

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    Co-founded quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory

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    Shared the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics with Erwin Schrödinger

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    Developed the bra-ket notation and transformation theory in quantum mechanics

    Positions & Arguments

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    Modality & Possibility

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    Mensuration in relativity need not depend on clocks and rigid bodies.

    Causation

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    Mensuration in relativity need not depend on clocks and rigid bodies.

    Natural Theology

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    When focusing on a limited class of constants C, background evidence used to motivate the prior P(D) may include initial conditions of the universe, laws of physics, and values of all constants other than C

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    Mathematical Physics / Philosophy of Physics

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    Causation1
    Modality & Possibility1
    Natural Theology1

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