Cleaning up the Details

The video discusses contributions to quantum electrodynamics (QED), focusing on refining the theory to make it more user-friendly. It highlights the historical context, mentioning Dirac and Fermi's earlier work. The speaker reflects on the challenges faced when the perturbation expansion of QED did not converge, which made the work more interesting. Eventually, the speaker decided to shift focus to studying spin waves after working on QED for two years.

Who were the physicists mentioned by the speaker that contributed to the ideas of QED before him?

What did the speaker decide to do after working on QED for two years?