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Graham Farmelo: The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac

Faber and Faber, London, 2009, ISBN 978-0-571-22286-5, 539 pp, £10.99

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Stinner, A. Graham Farmelo: The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac . Sci & Educ 22, 887–891 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11191-012-9486-0

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