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this is all very standard stuff for a physicist. Any first or second year grad student should have an easy time digesting this.
"Pshaw, even the most dimwitted individual should understand this, provided they have a BS in physics, were accepted to grad school, and are in their first or second year."
Dirac ignored Schrodinger's theory in his PhD thesis "Quantum Mechanics", the first to be submitted anywhere on the subject. The thesis was a great success with his examiners who took the unusual step on 19 June of sending him a short hand written letter congratulating him on the "exceptional distinction" of his work.
....Dirac disliked celebrations and formality, so he was almost certainly not looking forward to the ceremony. He could have taken the degree without attending it but decided to be there in person for the sake of his proud parents, especially this father, who had given him the money that enabled him to begin his Cambridge studies.
...Wearing evening dress with a white bow tie, a small black cap and black silk down with a scarlet-lined hood, he knelt on a velvet cushion, placed his hands together and held them out to be grasped by the Vice Chancellor, who delivered a prayer-like oration. Dirac arose, a doctor.
Like his father, he had no need of holidays – the long vacations were not for relaxing but for hard work. The university was about to hibernate for the summer and would be virtually devoid of social distractions for the few scholars remaining. It was the perfect environment for Dirac to concentrate even more intensively on his work. Heisenberg and Schrodinger had knifed a sack of gemstones, and the race was on to pick out the diamonds.
-- Graham Farmelo, The Strangest Man
so many threads on hacker news get voted to the top without any comments at all. usually you're supposed to read the article, but in this case i doubt anyone is really capable of understanding it. so in conclusion, aside from this one the article has the appropriate number of comments.
Other historical theses:
1. 'Gravity by Newton'
2. 'Evolution by Darwin'
3. 'The Earth Orbits the Sun, Not the Other Way Around by Copernicus'
We are creating tools for PhD students so they can work more efficiently. bohr.launchrock.com
Earlier quoted context omitted.
this is all very standard stuff for a physicist. Any first or second year grad student should have an easy time digesting this.
"Pshaw, even the most dimwitted individual should understand this, provided they have a BS in physics, were accepted to grad school, and are in their first or second year."
Here is a link to the pdf to save anyone from the signup process. Which was painfully long and annoying. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/155545/dirac_1926_disser...
Dirac went to FSU? Wha???
Dirac went to FSU? Wha???