A physicist at work #OnThisDay in 1928, Paul Dirac published a paper predicting the existence of #antimatter, which won him the Nobel Prize in 1933. Here we see a snippet from a 1975 lecture by Paul Dirac, in Italy Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei where he explains the history of the discovery of the positron. The lecture describes the anatomy of a discovery from prediction to observation and illustrates CERN’s culture of collaboration. Watch the full lecture on La Mediateca INFN - Istituto Nazion

In developing quantum mechanical theory, physicist Paul Dirac, born on this day, predicted that all matter has a kind of mirror image - antimatter. Dirac's theory was revolutionary, and later would be proved experimentally. He was awarded the #NobelPrize in 1933 which he shared with Erwin Schrödinger. Dirac was only 31 years old when he received the award. Video: A short glimpse of Professor Paul Dirac after his arrival in Stockholm for the Nobel Prize award ceremony held on 10 December 1933. ©

The ‘father of Quantum Mechanics’ - Paul Dirac  The Nobel prize winning, English Physicist created formulas in Quantum, Waves and Matrix Mechanics. This led to the groundbreaking understanding of relativity and allowed for evolution of the technologies we heavily rely on today! | RS | Facebook