Book ID: CBB000033098

Reminiscences about a great physicist: Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac (1987)

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Kursunoglu, Behram N. (Editor)
Wigner, Eugene P. (Editor)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 1987
Physical Details: xviii + 297 pp.; illus.; notes; index

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Review Ramond, P. (1989) Review of "Reminiscences about a great physicist: Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac". American Scientist (pp. 71-72). unapi

Review Kragh, H. (1991) Review of "Reminiscences about a great physicist: Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac". Lychnos (pp. 332-34). unapi

Review Hendry, J. (1989) Review of "Reminiscences about a great physicist: Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac". British Journal for the History of Science (pp. 87-88). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Kragh, Helge S.
Moyer, Donald Franklin
Ibáñez, Joana
Yin, Xiaodong
Wright, Aaron Sidney
Taylor, J. G.
Journals
Soviet Physics: Uspeki
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
American Journal of Physics
Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu (Studies in the History of Natural Sciences)
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Physics in Perspective
Publishers
Oxford University Press
Nauka
Hilger
Concepts
Quantum mechanics
Physics
Philosophy of science
Quantum theory
Modernity
Electrons
People
Dirac, Paul Adrien Maurice
Schrödinger, Erwin
Boccioni, Umberto
Jwu-Shi Wang
Roberts, John Keith (1897-1944)
Miller, Dayton Clarence
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
19th century
Places
England
United States
Germany
British Isles
Great Britain
Institutions
Great Britain. Science and Art Department
Cambridge University
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