Episode 16 of Deep Dive profiles Paul Dirac, the 15th Lucasian Professor of Mathematics. We trace his unlikely path from electrical engineering to theoretical physics, unpack the Dirac equation and the prediction of antimatter, explore his foundational contributions to quantum field theory and the Dirac delta, and peek into his famously laconic personality and enduring influence on science.
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