Audio / Video

P.A.M. Dirac and the invention of quantum mechanics

Description

Prof. Kurt Gottfried, Dept. of Physics, Cornell University, motivated by the centenary of Dirac's birth, describes his role in the discovery and development of quantum mechanics. The emphasis is on his work prior to his discovery of the relativistic wave equation in 1928.

Details

Title

P.A.M. Dirac and the invention of quantum mechanics

Creator

Gottfried, Kurt.

Creator

University of California, Berkeley. Department of Physics.

Published

2003.

Full Collection Name

UCB Physics Department Lectures

Subject (Person)

Dirac, P. A. M. 1902-1984. (Paul Adrien Maurice),

Subject (Topic)

Quantum theory History--Congresses.

Type

Video

Extent

1 streaming video file

Other Physical Details

digital, sd., col.

Archive

Physics Library

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Collection

Physics Lectures

Tracks

lectures/phys014.mp4

Linked Resources

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