P. A. M. Dirac was one of this century's most outstanding theoretical physicists. Among many fundamental advances, he formulated a fully relativistic theory of the electron, and predicted the existence of the positron. Dirac was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1933, at the age of just thirty-one. This volume brings together for the first time all of Dirac's scientific publications from 1924 until 1948, his most productive years. Each paper is reproduced in its original form and, for the few not in English, a matching translation is provided. Also included here are reset versions of Dirac's hitherto unpublished wartime research papers. This comprehensive collection will provide a valuable and convenient reference source, and will allow students of the history of science to trace the development of the ideas of one of the founders of quantum mechanics.
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'By editing Dirac's collected works from 1924 to 1948, Richard Dalitz (emeritus professor of theoretical physics at Oxford University) has helped reveal the breadth and depth of Dirac's interests ... Dalitz has arranged Dirac's collected works in a simple and lucid way. Following a seven-page chronology of Dirac's life, the papers are arranged by order of publication ... A complete bibliography of Dirac's works rounds out this massive tome.' American Scientist
'To summarize: anyone interested in the physical sciences can enjoy browsing through this book; for the professional historian of twentieth century physics it will be invaluable.' M. J. Seaton The Observatory
'To summarize: anyone interested in the physical sciences can enjoy browsing through this book; for the professional historian of twentieth century physics it will be invaluable.' M. J. Seaton The Observatory
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P. A. M. Dirac was one of this century's most outstanding physicists, and was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in 1933 at the age of just thirty-one. This comprehensive volume contains all of Dirac's scientific publications between 1924 and 1948 in their original form, complete with translations for the few not in English.
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If a gas, each of whose molecules is capable of dissociating into two similar molecules, be kept at a constant temperature, it would attain an equilibrium state in which the rate at which double molecules dissociate is equal to the rate at which they are formed by recombination of single molecules, there being a different equilibrium state for each different temperature. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
uniformising variables, conjugate imaginary equation, conjugate complex wave function, adiabatic hypothesis for magnetic fields, conjugate imaginary vectors, localizable dynamical systems, rth electron, monde hypothétique, several similar particles, contact transformation theory, variables dynamiques, des bosons, chord distribution function, variable dynamique, ascending power series, ondes longitudinales, descending power series, ondes transversales, antisymmetrical eigenfunctions, ingoing field, seul électron, conformal space, ingoing photons, kinematical velocity, stimulation coefficient Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
John's College, Communications of the Dublin Institute-Ser, Proceedings of the Royal Society, Bakerian Lecture, Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Quantum Theory of Electron, Elimination of Nodes, Physical Interpretation of Quantum Dynamics, Zur Quantentheorie des Elektrons, Great Physicist, Henri Poincaré, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Dirac Let, Directorate of Tube Alloys Report, Adiabatic Invariance of Quantum Integrals, Koordinaten des Elektrons, Cambridge University Press, Dispersive Scattering, Energy-levels of the Hydrogen Atom, Exhibition Senior Research Student, Existence of the Spin, Florida State University, International de Physique Solvay, Karl Cohen, Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac New!
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If a gas, each of whose molecules is capable of dissociating into two similar molecules, be kept at a constant temperature, it would attain an equilibrium state in which the rate at which double molecules dissociate is equal to the rate at which they are formed by recombination of single molecules, there being a different equilibrium state for each different temperature. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
uniformising variables, conjugate imaginary equation, conjugate complex wave function, adiabatic hypothesis for magnetic fields, conjugate imaginary vectors, localizable dynamical systems, rth electron, monde hypothétique, several similar particles, contact transformation theory, variables dynamiques, des bosons, chord distribution function, variable dynamique, ascending power series, ondes longitudinales, descending power series, ondes transversales, antisymmetrical eigenfunctions, ingoing field, seul électron, conformal space, ingoing photons, kinematical velocity, stimulation coefficient Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
John's College, Communications of the Dublin Institute-Ser, Proceedings of the Royal Society, Bakerian Lecture, Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Quantum Theory of Electron, Elimination of Nodes, Physical Interpretation of Quantum Dynamics, Zur Quantentheorie des Elektrons, Great Physicist, Henri Poincaré, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Dirac Let, Directorate of Tube Alloys Report, Adiabatic Invariance of Quantum Integrals, Koordinaten des Elektrons, Cambridge University Press, Dispersive Scattering, Energy-levels of the Hydrogen Atom, Exhibition Senior Research Student, Existence of the Spin, Florida State University, International de Physique Solvay, Karl Cohen, Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac New!
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- The Principles of Quantum Mechanics (International Series of Monographs on Physics) by P. A. M. Dirac on 15 pages
- Lectures on Quantum Mechanics by Paul A. M. Dirac in Front Matter, page 477, and page 478
- The Correspondence Principle (1918 - 1923) by Niels Henrik David Bohr on page 67, and page 623
- The Penguin History of the Twentieth Century: The History of the World, 1901 to the Present (Allen Lane History) by J. M. Roberts in Back Matter
- Fundamental Interactions in Physics and Astrophysics (Studies in the Natural Sciences,) by Behram Kursunoglu in Back Matter
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