How do Pauli and Dirac Matrices Relate to Quaternions?

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Does anybody know a good thread, homepage or book that takes up different interpretations of Pauli and Dirac matrices with the connection to for example quaternions or bivectors?
Maybe someone could comment on this?
 
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I strongly recommend Doran and Lasenby, Geometric Algebra for Physicists. If you read this book carefully, all will be clear!
 

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