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British theoretical physicists

  • James Clerk MaxwellOn the 13th of June 1831, a boy named James Clerk Maxwell was born at 14 India Street in Edinburgh. His mother Frances Cay died when he was eight years old…
  • Paul DiracPaul Adrien Maurice Dirac was born on the 8th of August 1902 at his parents' home in Bristol, England. His father Charles Adrien Ladislas Dirac came from…
  • Max BornMax Born entered the University of Göttingen in April 1904, stepping into a world dominated by three renowned mathematicians.