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Graham Farmelo is Senior Research Fellow at the Science Museum, London, and Adjunct Professor of Physics at Northeastern University. His previous books include It Must Be Beautiful: Great Equations of Modern Science. He lives in London, England.

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I don't remember how this book ended up in my Audible queue -- neither physics nor biographies are usually my thing -- but it was there, and so I listened. I found it interesting, but not particularly so. I suspect that for people who are more interested in the history of modern physics, and Paul Dirac in particular, it would be more worthwhile.
 
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eri_kars | 24 other reviews | Jul 10, 2022 |
An OK book, but not the easiest to read. It does provide a good recap of Churchill’s career during the development of the nuclear bomb.
 
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highlander6022 | 1 other review | Oct 22, 2021 |
Excellent biography. Recommended for anyone interested in quantum mechanics. No special knowledge of science is required. The author presents a good sense of the personality of Dirac, remarkable because Dirac usually spoke little. You get also introductions to other quantum physicists: Einstein, Planck, Heisenberg, Schrödinger, Born, Bohr, de Broglie, Fermi, Feynman, Jordan, Oppenheimer, Pauli, Rutherford, Bose and others.
 
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KENNERLYDAN | 24 other reviews | Jul 11, 2021 |
Thoroughly done about a difficult subject
 
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jamespurcell | 24 other reviews | Oct 10, 2020 |

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