Something Weird Happens When E=−mc² explores how Paul Dirac’s hunt for a quantum-relativistic equation led to a truly bizarre prediction: negative-energy solutions that imply an entire anti-universe. After showing why the Schrödinger and Klein–Gordon equations fell short, Dirac’s eponymous equation not only straightened out quantum mechanics and special relativity but also opened the door to antiparticles traveling backward in time.
The video follows the real-life saga of Dirac’s “strangest man in physics,” the heartbreak of initial skepticism, and the eventual discovery of the positron. Along the way, you’ll get insider expertise from Graham Farmelo and Cumrun Vafa, rare archive footage, and a peek at the spooky notion of an anti-world hiding just beyond our equations.
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