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Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, May 1978, 1977-1978
Peierls was a 'Professore Ospite Linceo', sponsored by Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Material comprises correspondence and arrangements.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/52/J.13
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1977-1978
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Theoretical Physics Group, Coimbra University, Portugal, 29 Oct-12 Nov 1978, 1978
This visit was sponsored by the British Council. Material comprises correspondence, arrangements, and his report to the British Council.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/52/J.14
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1978
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Sussex University, visit and lecture, 26 Oct 1978, 1978
Correspondence.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/52/J.15
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1978
File
Bristol University, visit and lecture, 27 Nov 1978, 1978
Correspondence.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/52/J.16
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1978
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Neils Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, 10 Dec 1978-Apr 1979, 1938-1979
Correspondence 1976-1978, includes correspondence by Niels Bohr appealing for Lev Landau's release from prison, 1938.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/52/J.17
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1938-1979
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Visits to USA undertaken during stay at Copenhagen, Mar 1979, 1978-1979
Comprises:
Einstein Centennial Symposium, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 4-9 Mar 1979
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 9-13 Mar 1979
University of California Los Angeles, correspondence re proposed visit for 'Spring Quarter', cancelled for lack of funds, 1978
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/52/J.18
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1978-1979
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The Cherwell-Simon Lecture, Oxford, 4 May 1979, 1978-1979
Peierls's lecture on 'Model-making in physics', was published in Contemporary Physics, 7 (1980). Comprises correspondence.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/52/J.19
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1978-1979
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Stony Brook, New York, 8-15 May 1979, 1978-1980
Peierls was a 'Short term research collaborator', working with G.E. Brown and members of the nuclear theory group, on quantum field theory. Material comprises correspondence, contract and arrangements.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/52/J.20
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1978-1980
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Institut de la Vie Conference 'De la physique théorique à la biologie', Vienna, 9-13 Jul 1979, 1977-1980
Peierls's remarks were published in the proceedings (Springer). Material comprises correspondence, arrangements and programme.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/52/J.21
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1977-1980
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Institute 'Jozef Stefan' Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, and other institutes, 1 Sep-30 Oct 1979, 1978-1987
Correspondence 1978-1979, arrangements, topics, a little scientific correspondence; includes one letter 1987 after a short visit not otherwise recorded.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/52/J.22
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1978-1987
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Visit to Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Nov 1979-Jan 1980, 1979-1986
The visit was made in connection with the preparation of Vol. 9 (Nuclear Physics) of Bohr's collected works, published 1986 (see Bird of Passage, p. 333). Material comprises correspondence with Institute and with colleagues about edition, recollections of Bohr, work in early nuclear theory, etc. Includes mention of 'Intrepid' film misrepresenting Bohr's wartime role (see Bird of Passage, p. 334).
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/52/J.23
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1979-1986
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Visit to Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, 28 Aug-30 Sep 1980, 1980
The visit was made in connection with the preparation of Vol. 9 (Nuclear Physics) of Bohr's collected works, published 1986 (see Bird of Passage, p. 333). Material comprises travel and accommodation arrangements. There is no file J.25.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/52/J.24
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1980
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Wolfson Lecture, Oxford, 28 Jan 1980, 1979-1980
Peierls gave the second lecture 'The physical world - particles and forces' in the Wolfson Lecture Series on 'The nature of matter'. Material comprises correspondence, arrangements, and draft outline of his talk.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/52/J.26
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1979-1980
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Stanford University, California, 19 Feb-2 Mar 1980, 1979-1980
Visit to Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC): correspondence.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/52/J.27
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1979-1980
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University of São Paolo, Brazil, 5 Mar-31 May 1980, 1977-1980
Comprises correspondence, invitation and arrangements, including some personal correspondence with G. Beck and H.M. Nussenzveig. See Bird of Passage, pp. 334-335.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/52/J.28
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1977-1980
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Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Saclay, Paris, 3 Nov 1980 for two months, 1980
Correspondence.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/52/J.29
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1980
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Institut Laue-Langevin and Institut des Sciences Nucléaires, Grenoble, 4 and 6 Feb 1981, 1980-1981
Correspondence re visits and lectures.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/52/J.30
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1980-1981