"Paul Dirac and the Religion of Mathematical Beauty"
MPP Special Public Lecture
- Datum: 31.07.2025
- Uhrzeit: 15:00 - 18:00
- Vortragende(r): Graham Farmelo (Science Writer and Historian of Physics)
- Graham Farmelo is a prize-winning author and historian of physics. His books include The Strangest Man, Churchill's Bomb, and The Universe Speaks in Numbers. He is a Fellow at Churchill College, Cambridge, and Affiliate Professor at Northeastern University, Boston.
- Raum: Auditorium, Max Planck Institute for Physics (MPP)
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Paul Dirac, often referred to as the ‘theorists' theorist,’ was one of the founding figures of quantum mechanics and quantum field theory. In 1939, he introduced a new philosophical approach that placed mathematical beauty at the core of physics – a perspective that has had a profound influence on generations of theoretical physicists. In this lecture, Graham Farmelo will explore Dirac’s life and work, and the enduring impact of his ideas.