Tallahassee in Leon County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Paul A. M. Dirac Science Library

— Florida State University Legacy Walk III —

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 2, 2021

1. Paul A. M. Dirac Science Library Marker

Inscription.
Legacy Walk 3 encompasses an area of campus dedicated to science and advances in scientific research. The walk includes heritage buildings and new structures that together have created one of the nation’s finest science complexes.

The Paul A.M. Dirac Science Library is named in honor of the Nobel Prize winner known as the father of modern physics. Dirac joined Florida State’s faculty in 1971. Across Call Street are Fisher Lecture Hall and the Hoffman Teaching Laboratory. Further south is the Chemistry Building, which opened in 2008, greatly expanding research and programs in the molecular sciences. Southwest of Chemistry is Duxbury Hall, home of the College of Nursing.

Also on Call Street are the Dittmer Chemistry Laboratory and the Kasha Laboratory, which houses the Institute of Molecular Biophysics.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Science & Medicine. A significant historical year for this entry is 1971.

Location. 30° 26.681′ N, 84° 18.024′ W. Marker is in Tallahassee, Florida, in Leon County. It can be reached from North Woodward Avenue 0.3 miles south of West Tennessee Street

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(U.S. 90). The marker is located along the FSU Legacy Walk, near the southwest corner of the Dirac Science Library. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 110 North Woodward Avenue, Tallahassee FL 32301, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Florida.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Integration Statue (approx. 0.2 miles away); Dr. J. Stanley Marshall (approx. 0.2 miles away); Honoring Student Excellence (approx. ¼ mile away); Konrad Emil Bloch (approx. ¼ mile away); Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac (approx. ¼ mile away); John Robert Schrieffer (approx. ¼ mile away); Robert Sanderson Mulliken (approx. ¼ mile away); Sir Harold W. Kroto

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 2, 2021

2. Paul A. M. Dirac Science Library Marker

The marker is mounted atop a waist-high brick column. The Dirac Science Library is visible in the background.

(approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tallahassee.

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac

Also see . . .
1. Paul Dirac Science Library (Florida State University).

Excerpt: The Paul A. M. Dirac Science Library is located amongst the math and science buildings of FSU and supports STEM-related research. Completed in 1989, it was named for Nobel Prize winning physicist Paul AM Dirac who taught at FSU in his later years. It houses collections for disciplines such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, botany, biology as well as health and animal sciences. There are also applied sciences including technology, textiles, food and environmental sciences. Five STEM subject librarians are available to provide scholars with research consultations, data management support, library instruction and other services.

(Submitted on May 30, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

2. Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac (Wikipedia).

Excerpt: English mathematical and theoretical physicist who is considered to be one of the
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 2, 2021

3. Paul A. M. Dirac Science Library Entrance
Looking northeast from a few meters west of the marker. The Paul Dirac sculpture is in the background.
founders of quantum mechanics. Dirac laid the foundations for both quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory. He was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge and a professor of physics at Florida State University. Dirac shared the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics with Erwin Schrödinger for "the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory".

(Submitted on May 30, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Paul A. M. Dirac Sculpture image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 2, 2021

4. Paul A. M. Dirac Sculpture

Paul A. M. Dirac Science Library image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 2, 2021

5. Paul A. M. Dirac Science Library

Credits. This page was last revised on May 30, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 30, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 142 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on May 30, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.