Paul Dirac

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Chronicled events

1. 1927·​Light Becomes a Quantum Field
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   Light is a quantum field. Its energy comes in quanta, photons, each taken up whole at one place. But the chance of finding a photon here or there spreads and interferes like a wave: each photon interferes only with itself. So light makes interference stripes and knocks out electrons alike.