Something Weird Happens When E = −mc² dives into the mind-bending fallout of Dirac’s attempt to marry quantum mechanics with relativity. By patching up the Klein–Gordon equation’s shortcomings, Dirac’s new formula didn’t just predict negative‐energy solutions—it gave birth to antimatter, from the anti‐electron (positron) to the notion of a full “anti‐world.”
Along the way, we meet the quirkiest minds in physics, revisit why Schrödinger’s approach hit a wall, and explore FSU and Caltech archives tracing the positron’s discovery. It’s a breezy, offbeat tour through quantum history that shows the wildest sci-fi ideas can spring from a few lines of chalk math.
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