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The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom
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message 1: by Mars, Founder Moderator (new) - added it
May 30, 2017 08:37AM

Mars Smith | 21 comments Mod
This will be the book thread for June 2017. The book is called "The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom".


message 2: by Bill, Moderator (last edited Jun 16, 2017 11:25AM) (new)
Jun 16, 2017 11:24AM

Bill Burris (wburris) | 248 comments Mod
I envision a time in the near future when your AI assistant will be reading along with you and automatically looking stuff up for you. For now google comes in handy. Here is an image that goes with Chapter 3. http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/l...


message 3: by Bill, Moderator (new)
Jun 16, 2017 08:30PM

Bill Burris (wburris) | 248 comments Mod
I like how this book describes the work of other scientist like Einstein and Hamilton, when Dirac encounters those ideas. I first encountered Quaternions which Hamilton invented when reading about 3D graphics in game development books.


message 4: by Bill, Moderator (new)
Jul 29, 2017 04:31PM

Bill Burris (wburris) | 248 comments Mod
How many people are reading or finished reading this book? I am about 30% done.

I am enjoying this book very much, but keep getting distracted by novels that I am reading with other groups.


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