It is more important to have beauty in one’s equation than to have them fit experiment - Paul Dirac

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It is more important to have beauty in one’s equation than to have them fit experiment

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About Paul Dirac

Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac (8 August 1902 – 20 October 1984) was an English mathematical and theoretical physicist who is considered to be one of the founders of quantum mechanics. Dirac laid the foundations for both quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory. He was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge, a professor of physics at Florida State University, and a 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics recipient.

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Native Name: Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac
Alternative Names: Paul A M Dirac • P A M Dirac • P. A. M. Dirac
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