ABSTRACT

  Contents

1.

Relativistic Quantum Mechanics, 1926

2.

P.A.M. Dirac: Methodology and Cultural Background

3.

Relativity in Dirac’s Earlier Works

4.

Spin and Quantum Mechanics

5.

Towards a Relativistic Theory

6.

The Genesis of the Theory

7.

Factors Determining Dirac’s Procedure

8.

Aftermath