The biography is a major achievement.' - Peter Higgs, Times (UK) 'Graham Farmelo has done a splendid job of portraying Dirac and his world. nuanced portrayal of an introverted eccentric who held his own in a small clique of revolutionary scientific geniuses.' - Kirkus Reviews Paul Dirac was a giant of 20th-century physics, and this rich, satisfying biography does him justice. His great affection for his odd but brilliant subject shows on every page, giving Dirac the biography any great scientist deserves.' - Publishers Weekly Farmelo proves himself a wizard at explaining the arcane aspects of particle 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 Einsteins most admired colleagues, Dirac was in 1933 the youngest theoretician ever to win the Nobel Prize in physics.ĭiracs personality is legendary. 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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