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Physicist who
won Nobel
Prize dies
United Press International
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Paul
gour^ Adrian Maurice Dirac, a physicist
ates.’’ vho won the Nobel Prize in physics
defense , in 19f53 and worked alongside Al
ts to the, bert Einstein and Robert Oppen-
1 heimer, died Saturday at home after
along illness. He was age 82.
The English-born physicist
[chieved international fame for de-
doping Dirac’s Equation, which ex-
dned the mechanics of the atom,
died$ut 6 I and set him off on a 50-year quest to
lexplain the relationship between in
finite numbers of electrons working
together as a single system.
1 Dirac, who studied and later
taught at Cambridge before coming
to Florida State University in 1971,
ared the Nobel Prize with Erwin
jchroedinger, the physicist whose
quantum-wave theory he completed.
Dirac said in a rare interview in
1975 that the insight leading to his
product’,] fieakthrough came during a solitary
dive basin ‘ n near Cambridge.
I “The death of Dr. Paul Dirac is a
vas oners P ss not just to Florida State but to
he said the whole world. His contributions
snericanji P advancement of science are
etimes bd fg en d' However, we at the univer-
petitorsk. Jywdl miss him greatly as a friend,
) W eie n„ P 0 - He was a warm and caring hu-
(tnun being and a person that we
have been immensely proud to call
oneof our own,” FSU President Ber-
nieSliger said Sunday.
His colleagues included Einstein,
ppenheimer, who later coordi-
liated the American atomic bomb
Ingram, and Peter Kapitza, a Rus-
.n who refused Josef Stalin’s de-
tnd to develop a Russian bomb
and later pioneered low-tempera-
tjtre superconductors, which make
gh-speed computers possible.
For the most part, however, Dirac
Jorked alone.
■ Dirac was born Aug. 8, 1902, in
Bristol, England. His father was a
Hfiss-born French teacher at a pri-
Imeschool, and his mother was En-
Klish. He was still a British citizen
when he died and was a member of
opktritiiBe prestigious Order of Merit of
d," Co\ j Great Britain and a Fellow of the
Roval Society.
i Dirac will be buried in Tallahassee
Jther than at Westminster Abbey,
as members of the Order of Merit
klitionally are, but other funeral
jrangements were incomplete Sun-
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By ROBIN BLACK
Senior Staff Writer
The four boys from Ft. Payne did
it again. For the third autumn in a
row, country/western group Ala
bama cruised into town, strolled
onstage in G. Rollie White Coliseum
and proceeded to charm the socks
off an enthusiastic Aggie audience.
“You want to play someplace
where the audience appreciates your
being there,” publicity Director Greg
Fowler said earlier Sunday in a press
conference.
The appreciation was easy to
gauge. The band started the show
without the help of a warm-up act.
They didn’t need a warm-up act.
When the.house lights went down
and smoke began to rise from Mark
Herndon’s drum set, the screaming,
stomping, clapping and whooping
began and continued through al
most the entire concert.
Lead guitarist/keyboard player-
/fiddle player Jeff Cook came
onstage wearing an A&M t-shirt,
and lead singer Randy Owen left the
stage for a moment in the middle of
the show and returned wearing a
white jersey with a big ATM insig
nia, all the more to the delight of the
crowd.
Alabama opened the show with
“The Closer You Get,” the title song
and theme for last year’s tour.
The band played an assortment of
songs from its Five successful al
bums, from the most recent hit “Roll
On,” to the band’s first hit, “My
Home’s in Alabama,” which closed
the concert.
During the song, the back section
of stage lights was lowered to almost
face the audience, and, while still _
more smoke rolled off the stage, red,
white and blue lights were turned on
to form the confederate flag.
During at least three songs the au
dience was on its feet, clapping and
singing along.
The band played consistently well,
carrying off the same clean har
monies and smooth musical styles
that have turned each of their Five
albums into platinum.
Cook was especially impressive, as
usual, switching back and forth from
guitar to keyboards to Fiddle.
Owen said at the press conference
that they worked harder at what
they do than anybody.
“I figure you can stay around as
long as you want to as long as you’re
true to your fans and as long as you
do your job well,” Owen said.
NUCLEAR
NIGHTMARES
sponsered by TAMU Sociology Club
Admission
at the door
$1.25
WED OCT 24
7:30 PM
HELDENFELS 200
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FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE
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PAVILION ie. ON CAMPUS
This week (10/22-10/26) from 8:30 to 12 and 1 to 4:30