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Saturday, May 21, 2022

Basic timeline of Paul Dirac

This post is a basic timeline of physicist Paul Dirac (1902-1984). There are 13 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• 1902: Born in Bristol, England
• 1921: Receives degree in engineering from the University of Bristol
• 1921: Enrolls at St. John's College, Cambridge
• 1925: Begins research for the Royal Commission for the Exhibition 1851
• 1928: Proposes the Dirac equation
• 1930: Publishes The Principles of Quantum Mechanics
• 1932: Becomes professor at Cambridge
• 1933: Receives Nobel Prize in Physics
• 1964: Publishes Lectures on Quantum Mechanics
• 1966: Publishes Lectures on Quantum Field Theory
• 1970: Becomes professor at Florida State University
• 1974: Publishes Spinors in Hilbert Space
• 1984: Died at age 82 in Tallahassee, Florida