I decided to change the name of the blog from "Equation a day keeps from going astray" to "Dirac's student". So why did I do this? Well, I felt the old name was tied to what I originally set out to do which was to create blogs of mathematical refreshers, and that slowly became less and less of my interest. In the past 2 years, of which I wrote only a few blogs, I've mostly focused on science topics or my opinions that are of interest to me. This has led me down the path of becoming more of a student and trying to learn new topics and express my understanding of ideas. The thing to note is that I'm doing most of this on my personal time outside work and by myself. Thus, I thought the name "Dirac's Student" made more sense, since the great physicist Paul Dirac was considered by many to be a brilliant loner. I particularly marvel at Dirac's capabilities and contributions to quantum theory that explained the nature of electrons/fermions. So sans "brilliant", I will set out to be like Prof. Dirac, wish me luck.
P.S. I was going to go with the name "Feynman's Student" since he is another great physicist that I admire, but ultimately thought it would be easier to be like Dirac than Feynman given how amazing Feynman was at explaining difficult concepts and how to think about science. Dirac was not known for being a good communicator or teacher.
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