Correspondence, 1961-1972
File
MS. Eng. misc. b. 197/A.19
Held at the Weston Library
Contains
- Correspondence with Margaret Gowing regarding research for her book Britain and Atomic Energy, 1939-45; extensive comments and recollections by Peierls, 1961-1963.
- Includes extracts from a June 1963 memorandum to Mrs. Gowing by Sir Henry Dale regarding British scientists' attitudes to the use of the bombs against the Japanese.
- Brief correspondence between Peierls and Howard Graves regarding his research at Oxford for a B.Litt., 1964-1968.
- Later correspondence regarding Peierls's article on Oppenheimer for the Dictionary of Scientific Biography, 1972. (See also MS. Eng. misc. b.218/D.9.)
Dates
- Creation: 1961-1972
Extent
1 file
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. misc. b. 197/A.19
Former reference:
CSAC 52.6.77/A.19
Repository Details
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