《保羅·狄拉克》是亞伯拉罕·派斯、莫里斯·雅各布與戴維·奧利弗合著的紀念文集，1998年由劍橋大學出版社出版。該書源於西敏寺為狄拉克紀念牌匾揭幕儀式上的系列講座，收錄了多位學者對其生平和科研貢獻的評述。
全書以史蒂芬·霍金的揭幕致辭開篇，派斯從個人視角剖析其性格與研究方法，雅各布系統闡述反物質概念的提出過程及其在粒子物理與宇宙學中的理論價值，奧利弗探討磁單極子理論的持續影響。麥可·阿蒂亞爵士另從數學維度解析狄拉克方程與幾何學的深層關聯，展現該方程在基礎科學領域的跨學科意義。書中通過多學科交叉視角，整合傳記敘事與專業分析，構建了理解狄拉克科學遺產的完整框架。
基本介紹
- 外文名：Paul Dirac
- 作者：Pais, Abraham; Jacob, Maurice; Olive, David I.
- 出版時間：1998年2月
- 出版社：Cambridge University Press
- 頁數：144 頁
- ISBN：9780521583824
內容簡介
Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac was one of the founders of quantum theory. He is numbered alongside Newton, Maxwell and Einstein as one of the greatest physicists of all time. Together the lectures in this volume, originally presented on the occasion of the dedication ceremony for a plaque commemorating Dirac in Westminster Abbey, give a unique insight into the relationship between Dirac's character and his scientific achievements. The text begins with the dedication address given by Stephen Hawking at the ceremony. Then Abraham Pais describes Dirac as a person and his approach to his work. Maurice Jacob explains how Dirac was led to introduce the concept of antimatter, and its central role in modern particle physics and cosmology, followed by an account by David Olive of the origin and enduring influence of Dirac's work on magnetic monopoles. Finally, Sir Michael Atiyah explains the deep and widespread significance of the Dirac equation in mathematics.
