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Full Idea
In 1928 Paul Dirac discovered the quantum equation that describes the electron and conforms to the requirements special relativity theory.
Gist of Idea
Dirac showed how electrons conform to special relativity
Source
Frank Close (Theories of Everything [2017], 3 'Light!')
Book Ref
Close,Frank: 'Theories of Everything' [Profile Books 2017], p.51
A Reaction
This sounds like a major step in the unification of physics. Quantum theory and General relativity remain irreconcilable.
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