Box 606933037
Container
Contains 11 Results:
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Chart of landmark publications in twentieth-century physics with special reference to atomic structure, 1924-1927, probably compiled for a history of science lecture., n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/37/D.106
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
n.d.
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'On the construction of a "super-bomb", based on a nuclear chain reaction in uranium', 1940
Photocopy, numbered 2, of the memorandum, typed by Peierls, seven pages.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/37/D.107
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1940
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Correspondence with journalists, historians, members of the public, 1978, 1981
Includes pages of 'Defended to Death', 1981, a book in preparation at Cambridge.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/37/D.108
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1978, 1981
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Correspondence with journalists, historians, members of the public, 1987, 1989, 1991
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/37/D.109
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1987, 1989, 1991
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Correspondence with A. Murphy, mainly on the writing of the memorandum and official government reaction, 1993-1995
Also refers to Murphy's attempt to have a preservation order made on Peierls's former house in Birmingham.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/37/D.110
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1993-1995
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Comments on H.A. Bethe's Comments on the history of the H-bomb , 1983
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/37/D.112
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1983
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Correspondence and papers exchanged with historians and colleagues, and principally with N.F. Mott, to launch a project for the history of solid state physics, 1978-1979
After exchanges of ideas, a meeting was held at the Royal Society, 30 Apr-2 May 1979, memoranda prepared, and a volume The beginnings of solid state physics (ed. Mott) published.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/37/D.114
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1978-1979
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Correspondence on international research project, 'History and Social Relations of Solid State Physics' set up following Royal Society meeting, 1980-1983
Peierls was a member of the Advisory Committee though rarely able to attend.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/37/D.115
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1980-1983
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Correspondence on papers for publication arising from project, 1986
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/37/D.116
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1986