Graham Farmelo
Biographer of Dirac and Fellow at Churchill College, Cambridge
2 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
ScienceFellows of the Royal SocietyMembers of the American Philosophical SocietyRecipients of the Copley MedalForeign associates of the National Academy of SciencesAlumni of St John's College, CambridgeEnglish agnosticsRoyal Medal winnersMembers of the Order of MeritEnglish Nobel laureatesBritish Nobel laureatesAcademic staff of the University of GöttingenEnglish emigrants to the United StatesNobel laureates in PhysicsInstitute for Advanced Study visiting scholars20th-century English mathematiciansWinners of the Max Planck MedalSpintronicsBritish theoretical physicists, Mathematical physicists20th-century British physicists, Members of the Pontifical Academy of SciencesForeign members of the USSR Academy of SciencesChemical bonding
Paul Dirac
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Bristolian theoretical physicist, ranked alongside Einstein by his peers, who won a Nobel for his work on quantum mechanics.
5 March 2020
Also featuring: Valerie Gibson, David Berman
ScienceMembers of the Order of MeritBritish theoretical physicists, Mathematical physicistsFellows of the Royal SocietyAlumni of St John's College, CambridgeForeign associates of the National Academy of SciencesEnglish emigrants to the United StatesNobel laureates in PhysicsRecipients of the Copley MedalInstitute for Advanced Study visiting scholarsEnglish agnostics20th-century British physicists, Members of the Pontifical Academy of SciencesBritish Nobel laureatesForeign members of the USSR Academy of Sciences20th-century English mathematiciansAcademic staff of the University of GöttingenMembers of the American Philosophical SocietyWinners of the Max Planck MedalEnglish Nobel laureatesRoyal Medal winnersPauli's exclusion principle
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the key principles in quantum mechanics, the Pauli Exclusion Principle, and the life and ideas of Wolfgang Pauli who proposed it.
6 April 2017
Also featuring: Frank Close, Michela Massimi