Remember Xie Er in the Big Bang? A few of them always hang on the lips of the mysterious quantum mechanics, have you ever been curious? In Xie Er's eyes, quantum mechanics is the greatest science in the world worth a lifetime of hard work, and he is dismissive of anything else. The classic joke is that theoretical physicists and engineers denigrate and look down on each other.
"Quantum Geek - Paul. The protagonist of the biography of Dirac is the founder of quantum physics, who together with Bohr, Schrödinger, and Heisenberg founded the quantum age. The man was taciturn, and even because of his few words, he created a new unit, "One Dirac": the least words he had to say every day to maintain his life.
Oppenheimer once said that Dirac "is not easily understood and does not care whether it is understood or not". Unlike his classmates and colleagues, in addition to his studies and work, he also has his own personal life, entertainment hobbies, he only likes work, for him, long holidays are just for better work, quiet campus is conducive to him to work more attentively. Maybe in the eyes of others, Paul. Dirac was a complete freak, but for Paul, it was perfectly normal for him to devote himself to his work, and he was content with it. His workaholic energy comes from the influence of his father, a man he never wants to mention, and never allows photos to appear in his home.
For this father, who was strict with himself from an early age and worked hard for his own education, Paul was full of complaints and basically did not say anything good about him. Paul's family has three children, with an older brother Felix and a younger sister Betty, but the father Charles doted on the only daughter Betty, and the mother Flo loved the second son Paul, but Felix was not noticed. All this directly led to the tragedy that followed, and it also caused a heavy blow to the family, which was difficult to heal.
Paul spoke two languages from an early age, his mother Flo could only speak English, and his father, Charles, allowed them to speak only French with him at home. Paul's resentment toward his father came from his father's harsh examination of his French at dinner as a child, saying no, not letting him eat or leaving the table, even if Paul belched uncomfortably and his father would not let him go. These cast such a shadow on him that he didn't like to eat anymore. And it wasn't until decades later, when Paul was dying, that he was still angry and difficult to calm down when he mentioned this childhood event, showing that the rift between father and son had existed since then.
Paul even said that he could not feel the warmth of the family, but from his mother's excessive concern for him, it could be seen that her mother Flo was very fond of him. Perhaps it was because of the concern that he suffocated and twisted, and he could not forgive them for neglecting his brother, and he never responded to the care mentioned in his mother's frequent letters.
Paul had shown a unique talent at a very young age. The British physicist won the Nobel Prize in Physics at the age of 31 and is very young. He didn't start out studying physics, from engineering to math to physics, Paul. Dirac has an unusual academic background. He has both a physicist's passion for the fundamental laws of nature, a mathematician's heartfelt love for abstract concepts, and an engineer's insistence on getting useful results.
He's very good at math, and so is physics. Apprenticeship in the factory received the only bad rating of his life, which also showed that he was not suitable for this path, he continued to study, outstanding performance in mathematics, was discovered by the Cambridge University responsible for discovering outstanding talents, was recommended to Cambridge to continue his studies. The scholarship was not enough to cover all the expenses, and this time Charles helped his son, which alone made Paul very grateful, and even felt that he had to offset the suffering he had suffered at the dinner table.
Paul. Dirac pioneered the connection between quantum mechanics and Einstein's theory of relativity, explaining the nature of matter with perfect mathematical equations and predicting antimatter. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physicist at a very young age and is considered one of the greatest scientists after Einstein.