P. A. M. Dirac and the maverick mathematician

Ann Moyal

P. A. M. Dirac and the maverick mathematician

Ann Moyal^*

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Historian of science Ann Moyal recounts the story of a singular correspondence between the great British physicist, P. A. M. Dirac, at Cambridge, and J. E. Moyal, then a scientist from outside academia working at the De Haviland Aircraft Company in Britain (later an academic in Australia), on the question of a statistical basis for quantum mechanics. A David and Goliath saga, it marks a paradigmatic study in the history of quantum physics.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	188-194
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal and Proceedings - Royal Society of New South Wales
Volume	150
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2017
Externally published	Yes

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