Paul A. M. Dirac, Interview by Friedrich Hund (1982) [video]

srean · 2026-09-13T15:56:52

One of my favorite photographs. It captures their characters so well.

signa11 · 2026-09-13T16:49:21

aside: for feynman, mr. oppenheimer said "he is a second Dirac, only this time human".

rramadass · 2026-09-13T16:26:08

Nice; the quintessential Theoretical/Mathematical Physicist!

The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Quantum Genius - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strangest_Man

Read his lecture/essay; The Relation between Mathematics and Physics by Paul Dirac - https://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/events/strings02/dirac/speach.ht...

Wikipedia also has a nice general overview; Relationship between Mathematics and Physics - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relationship_between_mathemati...