Something Weird Happens When E = −mc²

This video explores Paul Dirac’s groundbreaking work on negative energy solutions and how his quest to fix the Schrödinger equation led to the Dirac equation. Along the way, viewers learn about the strange man behind the math, the role of the Klein–Gordon equation, Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, and the moment Dirac predicted the existence of antiparticles.

The story crescendos with the discovery of the anti-electron, a peek into an anti-world where antiparticles travel backward in time, and the bittersweet chapter of unobserved negative states. Plus, it’s packed with expert insights, archival treasures, and handy links for anyone wanting to dive deeper.

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