Paul Dirac (The Man and his Work)

Paul Dirac: Aspects Of His Life And Work / Abraham Pais -- Antimatter / Maurice Jacob -- The Monopole / David I. Olive -- The Dirac Equation And Geometry / Michael F. Atiyah. Abraham Pais ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References. Title page Preface PETER GODDARD Dirac Memorial Address STEPHEN HAWKING 1 Paul Dirac: aspects ofhis life and work ABRAHAM PAIS 2 Antimatter MAURICE JACOB 3 The monopole DAVID I. OLIVE 4 The Dirac equation and geometry MICHAEL F. ATIYAH In the year 1902, the literary world witnessed the death of Zola, the birth of John Steinbeck, and the first publications of The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Immoralist, Three Sisters, and The Varieties of Religious Experience. Offers the addresses given at a Westminster Abbey ceremony honoring the British physicist, which discuss his life, his character and its effect on his work, and his discoveries in quantum theory, antimatter, and related fields