Paul Dirac
In Our Time: Science
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Durak's Imagination
In 1974, 1972, he went to Florida State University, Tallahassee. So that's where he ended his life. Before he left, in Cambridge, every dawn has a black gown. He wrote a little note on it saying, Professor Durak's gown,. Please ask the master to look after this for me until my return. Never did return, but his gown is still there in the master's lodge in St John's College waiting for him. Somebody at the high table asked him where he was going in holidays. Three courses later, having said nothing, he turned and said, why do you want to know? That's really important. His literal mindedness. For him
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