Louis de Broglie vs Paul Dirac
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Compare the life timelines of Louis de Broglie (1892–1987) and Paul Dirac (1902–1984) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 82 years, from 1902 to 1984.
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Louis de Broglie (1892–1987)
- — Born in Dieppe, France Verified
- — Earned degree in history at the Sorbonne Verified
- — Earned degree in science Verified
- — Served in French army radio section during World War I Verified
- — Doctoral thesis proposing wave nature of matter Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics Verified
- — Appointed professor at the Henri Poincare Institute Verified
- — Became permanent secretary of the French Academy of Sciences Verified
- — Elected to the Academie francaise Verified
- — Died in Louveciennes, France Verified
Paul Dirac (1902–1984)
- — Born in Bristol, England Verified
- — Studied electrical engineering at Bristol University Verified
- — Completed PhD at the University of Cambridge Verified
- — Formulated the Dirac equation Verified
- — Predicted antimatter Verified
- — Appointed Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge Verified
- — Shared the Nobel Prize in Physics Verified
- — Married Margit Wigner Verified
- — Joined Florida State University Verified
- — Died in Tallahassee, Florida Verified