Dirac Centenary Conference (Baylor University)

贝勒大学的狄拉克百年会议（http://www.baylor.edu/Dirac）是对保罗·狄拉克（1902-1984）对20世纪和21世纪物理学的方法论、进展和未来的开创性贡献的跨学科评估。它汇集了来自理论物理、数学、科学史和科学哲学的学者，为不同学科的学生和研究人员提供了一个难得的机会，让他们从彼此的互动中受益。狄拉克在数学和物理理论方面的创新使经典量子引力、超对称、超弦和几何泛函数分析的前沿发展成为可能，这些讨论将使物理和数学专业的学生接触到各自领域的活跃研究，也有助于理解物理理论的发展，这将有助于历史学家和科学哲学家在研究方法论时，现代物理学的认识论和形而上学含义。不同学科的交叉发展也将有助于以有益的方式推进领域内和领域间的知识和理解。这一学术互动的成果将在会议论文集中出版。会议还为物理学、数学、哲学和历史领域的本科生、研究生以及博士后研究人员提供了一个独特的机会，在一个背景下展示他们的工作，他们可以从各自领域的前沿资深学者那里得到反馈。会议以面向物理科学和数学学生的海报竞赛和面向历史和/或科学哲学学生的简短论文展示竞赛作为开场。会议奖学金提供给学生参加和出席，强烈鼓励少数民族学生申请。贝勒大学与德克萨斯州学校组成的一个联盟共同主办了这次会议，并从西南地区许多较小的学院，特别是那些历史上是非裔美国人或西班牙裔美国人的学院招募学生，这些努力对科学教育的影响将进一步扩大。会议的宣传将引起公众对科学问题的关注，并有助于促进德克萨斯州中部及其他地区的科学意识和教育。

Baylor University's Dirac Centenary Conference (http://www.baylor.edu/Dirac) is an interdisciplinary evaluation of the seminal contributions of Paul Dirac (1902-1984) to the methodology, progress, and future of twentieth and twenty first century physics. Drawing together scholars from theoretical physics, mathematics, the history of science and the philosophy of science, it provides a rare chance for students and researchers across different disciplines to benefit from interaction with each other. The discussion into the cutting-edge developments in canonical quantum gravity, supersymmetry, superstrings and geometric functional analysis made possible by Dirac's innovations in mathematics and physical theory will give physics and mathematics students exposure to active research in their fields, and also contribute to an understanding of the development of physical theory in a way that will aid historians and philosophers of science as they examine the methodological, epistemological and metaphysical implications of modern physics. The cross-fertilization of different disciplines will also contribute to advancing knowledge and understanding within and across fields in beneficial ways. The fruits of this scholarly interaction will be published in an edited volume of conference proceedings.The conference also provides a unique opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as postdoctoral researchers in physics, mathematics, philosophy and history to present their work in a context where they can get feedback from senior scholars at the forefront of their respective fields. The conference opens with a poster session competition for students in the physical sciences and mathematics, and a short paper presentation competition for students in the history and/or philosophy of science. Conference scholarships are available for student participation and attendance with minority students strongly encouraged to apply. The impact of this effort on science education will be furthered by Baylor's coordination of a consortium of Texas schools co-sponsoring the conference, and by the recruitment of student involvement from many of the smaller colleges in the southwest, particularly those that are historically African-American or Hispanic. Publicity for the conference will draw public attention to issues in science and contribute to promoting science awareness and education in central Texas and beyond.