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Cornell University, 7-12 Mar 1986, 1985-1986

Comprises correspondence and lecture arrangements. The visit was postponed from October 1985.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/55/J.67
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1985-1986
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Columbia University, New York, 12-19 Mar 1986, 1985-1986

Comprises correspondence, arrangements for visit and seminar in the department of physics and also meeting in the department of history. The visit was postponed from November 1985.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/55/J.68
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1985-1986
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'International Conference and Symposium on Unifield Concepts of Many Body Problems', Stony Brook, New York, 4-6 Sep 1986, 1986

A conference held in honour of the 60th birthday of G.E. Brown. Peierls gave an after-dinner talk and also contributed a preface to the Proceedings with recollections of his acquaintance with Brown dating from 1949 at Birmingham. Comprises correspondence, programme and draft of Peierls's preface. NB Genia Peierls died 29 October 1986.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/55/J.69
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1986
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Forum of Scientists on 'The drastic reduction and final elimination of nuclear weapons', Moscow, 14-17 Feb 1987, 1986-1987

Peierls spoke in Session 2 on 'Nuclear disarmament and European security'. Comprises correspondence, programme, participants, notes for Peierls's talk, and a little material relating to meeting 11-13 July 1986 of 'The initiative group' which was a forerunner of the 'Forum'. Peierls's name appears on participants list.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/55/J.70
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1986-1987
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Dublin Institute For Advanced Studies, 8-11 Mar 1987, 1986-1987

Peierls gave a Statutory Public Lecture, and other talks. Comprises correspondence.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/55/J.71
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1986-1987
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University of Pennsylvania, 7-10 Apr 1987, 1986-1987

Peierls gave the Primakoff Lecture, and other lectures, and was also interviewed on WHYY Radio Philadelphia. Comprises correspondence and schedule.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/55/J.72
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1986-1987
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University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 10-13 Apr 1987, 1986-1987

Comprises correspondence on lectures and talks and a little personal and scientific correspondence.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/55/J.73
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1986-1987
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Oxford Project for Peace Studies, 27 May 1987, 1986-1988

Peierls gave a lecture, 'Is there any logic in the arms race?' in the Oxford Peace Lectures series, which was published by the group in 1988. Material comprises correspondence, including a draft prepared for publication in which Peierls says he has 'incorporated a number of the points raised in the discussion', and another seven page text of lecture with same title, probably that given at Bohr Centennial Symposium (see MS. 11619/54/J.62).
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/55/J.74
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1986-1988
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Institute for Scientific Interchange, Turin, 29 Jun-3 Jul 1987, 1986-1987

Workshop on Scientific Opportunities using The Pulsed Neutron Facility ISIS (at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory). Material comprises correspondence and abstracts for two talks given by Peierls, on 'Comparison of liquids and solids' and 'Momentum and pseudomomentum'.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/55/J.75
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1986-1987
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Landau Institute Moscow and Nuclear Physics Institute Leningrad, 25 Oct-8 Nov 1987, 1986-1988

Visit planned for 1986 and postponed following Genia Peierls's illness and death. Material comprises correspondence, arrangements, including letters of thanks and of condolence.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/55/J.76
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1986-1988
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India, 9 Nov-5 Dec 1987, 1985-1986

This extended visit, which followed immediately on those to Moscow and Leningrad, had also been planned for 1986 and deferred after Genia Peierls's death. The main purpose was to deliver the Royal Society Rutherford Memorial Lecture, on 'Rutherford and Bohr', published in Notes and Records of the Royal Society, 42 (1988). See MS. 11619/36/D.97-98 for Peierls's notes and drafts. The visit expanded to include visits and lectures in Bombay, Poona,…
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/55/J.77
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1985-1986
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India, 9 Nov-5 Dec 1987, 1987-1988

An extended visit planned for 1986 and deferred after Genia Peierls's death. The main purpose was to deliver the Royal Society Rutherford Memorial Lecture, on 'Rutherford and Bohr', but also included visits and lectures in Bombay, Poona, Bangalore, Mysore and Calcutta. Material comprises correspondence with Royal Society and with colleagues in India, invitations, arrangements, lecture topics, schedules and itineraries, letters of thanks.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/55/J.78
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1987-1988