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Paul Dirac

Physics

Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac was an English theoretical physicist who is considered to be one of the founders of quantum mechanics.

Facts
Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account
1902 2
Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account
1902-08-08 2
Death DateSourced to the subject's own account
1984-10-20 2
Death YearSourced to the subject's own account
1984 2
Death Place
Tallahassee, United States 1
Nationality
Switzerland 1
Nationality
United Kingdom 1
Notable Work
Abraham-Lorentz-Dirac force 1
Notable Work
Complete Fermi-Dirac integral 1
Notable Work
Dirac adjoint 1
Notable Work
Dirac bracket 1
Notable Work
Dirac comb 1
Notable Work
Dirac delta function 1
Notable Work
Dirac equation 1
Notable Work
Dirac fermion 1
Notable Work
Dirac large numbers hypothesis 1
Notable Work
Dirac measure 1
Notable Work
Dirac operator 1
Notable Work
Dirac sea 1
Notable Work
Dirac spinor 1
Notable Work
Fermi-Dirac statistics 1
Notable Work
Kapitsa-Dirac effect 1
Notable Work
reduced Planck constant 1
Birthplace
Bristol, United Kingdom 1
Field
Field (category)
Physics 1
Field (category)
Mathematics 1
Field (category)
Engineering 1
Connections

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Sources
1. Paul Dirac (Wikidata)
  • P27 (country of citizenship): United Kingdom
    Q145
  • P20 (place of death): Tallahassee, United States
    Q37043
  • P27 (country of citizenship): Switzerland
    Q39
  • P19 (place of birth): Bristol, United Kingdom
    Q23154
  • P800 (notable work): Dirac equation
    Q272621
  • P800 (notable work): Dirac delta function
    Q209675
  • P800 (notable work): Fermi-Dirac statistics
    Q274072
  • P800 (notable work): Dirac fermion
    Q1348371
  • P800 (notable work): Dirac comb
    Q385599
  • P800 (notable work): reduced Planck constant
    Q2115969
  • P800 (notable work): Dirac operator
    Q907439
  • P800 (notable work): Dirac adjoint
    Q2824495
  • P800 (notable work): Abraham-Lorentz-Dirac force
    Q4893644
  • P800 (notable work): Dirac sea
    Q1227393
  • P800 (notable work): Dirac measure
    Q1227387
  • P800 (notable work): Dirac spinor
    Q688945
  • P800 (notable work): Dirac large numbers hypothesis
    Q1370759
  • P800 (notable work): Complete Fermi-Dirac integral
    Q167476
  • P800 (notable work): Kapitsa-Dirac effect
    Q3720173
  • P800 (notable work): Dirac bracket
    Q3895805
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2. Paul Dirac (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Lead section (entity-description)
    Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac was an English theoretical physicist who is considered to be one of the founders of quantum mechanics.
  • Infobox (birth-date)
    Born: 1902-08-08
  • Infobox (birth-year)
    Born: 1902-08-08
  • Infobox (death-date)
    Died: 1984-10-20
  • Infobox (death-year)
    Died: 1984-10-20
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