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The Strangest Man：The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom

内容简介

PaulDiracwasamongthegreatscientificgeniusesofthemodernage.Oneofthediscoverersofquantummechanics,themostrevolutionarytheoryofthepastcentury,hiscontributionshadauniqueinsight,eloquence,clarity,andmathematicalpower.Hispredictionofantimatterwasoneofthegreatesttriumphsinthehistoryofphysics.OneofEinsteinsmostadmiredcolleagues,Diracwasin1933theyoungesttheoreticianevertowintheNobelPrizeinphysics.Diracspersonalityislegendary.Hewasanextraordinarilyreservedloner,relentlesslyliteral-mindedandappearedtohavenoempathywithmostpeople.Yethewasafamilymanandwasintenselyloyaltohisfriends.HistastesintheartsrangedfromBeethoventoCher,fromRembrandttoMickeyMouse.Basedonpreviouslyundiscoveredarchives,TheStrangestManrevealsthemanyfacetsofDiracsbrilliantlyoriginalmind.Acompellinghumanstory,TheStrangestManalsodepictsaspectacularlyexcitingerainscientifichistory.

作者简介

GrahamFarmeloisSeniorResearchFellowattheScienceMuseum,London,andAdjunctProfessorofPhysicsatNortheasternUniversity,Boston,USA.Formerlyatheoreticalphysicist,heisnowaninternationalconsultantinsciencecommunication.HeeditedthebestsellingItMustBeBeautiful:GreatEquationsofModernSciencein2002.HelivesinLondon.--ThistextreferstothePaperbackedition.

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