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The Relation Between Mathematics and Physics by Paul Dirac (1939)

172 points · 84 comments · rramadass

  1. wolfi1 · · focus · HN ↗
    there is a quote from Pauli about Dirac : 'There is no God and Dirac is his prophet' Heisenberg and Dirac had different opinions on the existence of a god and Pauli, asked for his opinion, had the former to say
    1. Tazerenix · · focus · HN ↗
      There's a quote Atiyah has about spin geometry which he heard from his advisor Hodge, who had an office next to Dirac at Cambridge.

      Only two people understand spinors: God, and Dirac. And Dirac's dead.

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