‘With this revelatory, moving and definitive biography, Graham Farmelo provides the first real glimpse inside the bizarre mind of Paul Dirac, Britain’s Einstein, to explain how this great unsung national hero harnessed beauty to reveal deeper truths.’ Roger Highfield, Editor, New ScientistThis is the first full biography of Paul Dirac, the greatest British physicist since Newton – and one of the strangest geniuses of the twentieth century. Paul Dirac was regarded as an equal of Albert Einstein and was one of the youngest theoreticians to win the Nobel Prize for Physics. But when he spoke he betrayed no emotion, his silences were legendary, and he is said to have cried only once, when Einstein died. Farmelo brings alive the mind and work of this amazing scientist, who also was a loving father and husband. Based on a previously undiscovered archive, this a moving human story set during one of the most exciting times in scientific history.‘Farmelo’s splendid biography has enough scientific exposition for the biggest science fan and enough human interest for the rest of us . This is a fine book: a fitting tribute to a significant and intriguing scientific figure.

’ George Rosie, Sunday Herald‘Fascinating . A superb book.’ John Gribbin, Literary Review‘A wonderfully humane biography.’ Emma Crichton-Miller, Sunday Telegraph.