P. A. M. Dirac and the discovery of quantum mechanics
Abstract
Dirac's contributions to the discovery of nonrelativistic quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics, prior to his discovery of the relativistic wave equation, are described.
- Publication:
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American Journal of Physics
- Pub Date:
- March 2011
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1006.4610
- Bibcode:
- 2011AmJPh..79..261G
- Keywords:
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- electrodynamics;
- physics education;
- quantum theory;
- 01.65.+g;
- 03.65.-w;
- History of science;
- Quantum mechanics;
- Physics - History and Philosophy of Physics;
- Quantum Physics
- E-Print:
- doi:10.1119/1.3536639