Matthew Lee Knowles – Dirac

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I have four heroes so far; John Cage, Richard Feynman, Alan Turing and Paul Dirac – an English theoretical physicist born in 1902. His dizzying abilities applying advanced mathematics (and forgotten techniques) to the physics of the day revolutionised quantum mechanics and a cherished hobby was making relativistic versions of classical situations. In 1956 at Moscow University, he was asked to summarise the philosophy of physics and he wrote on the blackboard PHYSICAL LAWS SHOULD HAVE MATHEMATICAL BEAUTY. He made mistakes, hardly spoke (the unit of one Dirac represents a word spoken per hour) and was emotionally depleted, but enjoyed playing practical jokes, like sending a friend a crocodile in the post, which jumped out, biting her hand. He read Crime and Punishment with extreme care and described it as 'nice' but noted that Dostoevsky had made a mistake, describing in one chapter the sun rising twice on the same day. www.matthewleeknowles.com Performed by The Manon Quartet. www.themanonquartet.com Recorded live at 840's debut concert on 31.01.2015 at St James' Church, Islington. Video by Matteo Carpi.