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Paul Dirac`s biography

What is the relation between the quantum mechanics and the classic
mechanics? The answer was the reason why Paul Dirac won the Nobel
Prize. I would say that he was the best theory physic in the last century.
The world met him like a taciturn man, but only a little group of people
knew what he did.
Paul Dirac was born on august 8th, 1902 in Bristol, England. His father
was Charles Adrien Ladislas Dirac and his mother was Florence Hannah
Holten. He described his childhood as unhappy time, hard and
authoritarianism of his father. The first school which Paul attended was
Bishop Primary school, in this school his exceptional ability in
mathematics became clear to his teachers. He completed his school
education in 1918 and then studied electrical engineering at the
University of Bristol. Although mathematics was his favorite subject. He
obtained his degree in engineering in 1921. He started to be interested
in the general relativity, so he did a mathematic model using the
Schrodinger and Heisenberg`s theory.
In 1931 Dirac showed that, the existence of a single magnetic monopole
in the universe would be sufficient to explain the quantization of electric
charges. Dirac won the Nobel Prize in 1933. Paul passed the last times of
his life teaching in the Florida State University.
Why is important to know about Paul Dirac? Because he created a
formula that connect two different worlds. Why are we here? Dirac`s
equation can explain this.

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