Project Gutenberg<p>January 1928: The Dirac equation unifies quantum mechanics and special relativity</p><p>A seminal paper by Paul Dirac, who relied on mathematical intuition, laid the foundation for quantum electrodynamics.</p><p>By Nyla Husain (from the archives)</p><p><a href="https://www.aps.org/apsnews/2024/11/mathematical-intuition-dirac-quantum-mechanics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aps.org/apsnews/2024/11/mathem</span><span class="invisible">atical-intuition-dirac-quantum-mechanics</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quantummechanics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quantummechanics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/relativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>relativity</span></a></p>