The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom 9780571250073, 0571250076

Paul Dirac was among the great scientific geniuses of the modern age. One of the discoverers of quantum mechanics, the m

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English Pages 539 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations Year 2009;2010

The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom
9780571250073, 0571250076

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