Dirac Paul Adrien Maurice

Di·rac

 (dĭ-răk′), Paul Adrien Maurice 1902-1984.

British mathematician and physicist who shared a 1933 Nobel Prize for his contributions to relativistic quantum mechanics.

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Di·rac

(dĭ-răk′), Paul Adrien Maurice 1902-1984.

British mathematician and physicist. He developed a mathematical interpretation of quantum mechanics with which he was able to provide the first correct description of electron behavior.

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