Paul Dirac
1902 – 1984 United Kingdom
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Who was Paul Dirac?
Theoretical physicist who formulated the Dirac equation describing the behavior of fermions and predicted the existence of antimatter, winning the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1933.
Biographical data adapted from Wikipedia’s article on Paul Dirac (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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ParentCharles Dirac
SpouseMargit Dirac
Awards & Honors
| Award | Year | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Nobel Prize in Physics | 1933 | for the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory |
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