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#OnThisDay in 1902, the theoretical physicist Paul Dirac was born.

As we #FollowTheProtons to CERN’s #Antimatter Factory, what better way to start than by celebrating the work of this young physicist and his @NobelPrize-winning equation?

@NobelPrize In 1928, Dirac wrote an equation to describe the behaviour of an electron moving at a relativistic speed. It could have two solutions: one for an electron with positive energy, and one for an electron with negative energy.

@NobelPrize This equation, in some way, predicted for the first time the existence of an anti-world identical to ours, but made out of antimatter.

What would you ask him about antimatter if you could meet him? 🎂

@NobelPrize The first picture shows a still from a film about the @LHCbExperiment, where actor John Kohl played the role of Paul Dirac; the second picture shows Paul Dirac himself next to a backboard.

Find out more about #antimatter research at #CERN: home.cern/science/physic…