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Prof. Kurt Gottfried, Dept. of Physics, Cornell University, motivated by the centenary of Dirac's birth, describes his role in the discovery and development of quantum mechanics. The emphasis is on his work prior to his discovery of the relativistic wave equation in 1928.

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Title
P.A.M. Dirac and the invention of quantum mechanics
Creator
Gottfried, Kurt.
University of California, Berkeley. Department of Physics.
Published
2003.
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UCB Physics Department Lectures
Subject (Person)
Dirac, P. A. M. 1902-1984. (Paul Adrien Maurice),
Subject (Topic)
Quantum theory History -- Congresses.
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Video
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1 streaming video file
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digital, sd., col.
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Physics Library
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