Sur@sur_27

Follow

Paul Dirac on mathematics and physics

Paul A. M. Dirac saw math and physics as games with different rule-makers: mathematicians invent their own, while physicists get theirs from Nature. But he noticed the rules that intrigue mathematicians increasingly match the ones Nature picked. From his lecture “The Relation Between Mathematics and Physics,” Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1938, 1939

3w

Sur@sur_27

Follow

Paul Dirac on mathematics and physics

Paul A. M. Dirac saw math and physics as games with different rule-makers: mathematicians invent their own, while physicists get theirs from Nature. But he noticed the rules that intrigue mathematicians increasingly match the ones Nature picked. From his lecture “The Relation Between Mathematics and Physics,” Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1938, 1939

3w