Box 606933056
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Contains 16 Results:
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University of California Los Angeles, 31 Jan-14 Feb 1988, 1987-1988
Peierls was 'Regents' Lecturer' in the Department of Physics and also addressed an International Security Seminar. Material comprises correspondence on visit, including discussion of arms race problems and letters of thanks.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/56/J.79
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1987-1988
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University of California Santa Barbara, 14 Feb-13 Mar 1988, 1986-1988
Correspondence.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/56/J.80
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1986-1988
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Stanford University California, 14-15 Mar 1988, 1987-1988
Visit and seminar at Center for International Security and Arms Control (CISAC). Material comprises correspondence.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/56/J.81
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1987-1988
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University of Coimbra, Portugal, 10-19 May 1988, 1986-1988
Peierls received an honorary degree on 15 May 1988. Much of the correspondence is concerned with the elaborate procedural and sartorial arrangements, involving a personally-tailored cloak and gown which Peierls sometimes wore subsequently at formal occasions in Oxford.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/56/J.82
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1986-1988
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International conference on 'International security without nuclear weapons', Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire, 3-5 Jun 1988, 1988
Material comprises correspondence, information, participants and programme.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/56/J.83
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1988
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Landau Commemorative Conference, Tel Aviv, 6-10 Jun 1988, 1986-1988
Peierls served on the International Scientific Advisory Committee, advised on speakers, topics, etc. and spoke on 'Landau in the 1930s', published in Frontiers of Physics (Landau Memorial Conference), Pergamon Press 1990. Material comprises correspondence and manuscript text of Peierls's talk.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/56/J.84
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1986-1988
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Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, 20 Jun 1988, 1988
Peierls gave his lecture on 'Rutherford and Bohr' in the course of a conference. Material comprises correspondence and Peierls' notes on papers or speeches given at conference.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/56/J.85
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1988
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Workshop on International Security and Disarmament: the role of the scientific academies, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome, 23-25 Jun 1988, 1988
Peierls chaired a session and spoke on 'Europe and SDI'. These were annual conferences, first organised by E. Amaldi, which Peierls usually attended and addressed. Material comprises correspondence, information, participants, programme and manuscript text of Peierls's remarks.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/56/J.86
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1988
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Landau Institute Moscow and Leningrad, 4-12 Sep 1988, 1988
Comprises correspondence.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/56/J.87
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1988
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Centre d'Études Nucléaires, Saclay, 21 Sep-20 Oct 1988, 1988
Correspondence and arrangements.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/56/J.88
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1988
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Institut de Physique Nucléaire, Orsay, 24 Oct-Nov 1988, 1988
Correspondence and arrangements.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/56/J.89
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1988
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University of California, Feb-Apr 1989, 1988-1989
Correspondence and arrangements relating to the following visits:
University of California, Santa Barbara, 28 Feb-19 Apr 1989
University of California, Irvine, 27 Mar-14 Apr 1989
University of California, Davis, conference on 'Science and Technology in Global Conflict and Cooperation', 3-4 Mar 1989
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/56/J.90
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1988-1989
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Conference on 'Fifty Years with Nuclear Fission', National Institute of Standards and Technology, Maryland, 26-28 Apr 1989, 1988-1989
Peierls spoke on 'Early work in Copenhagen and England'. Material comprises correspondence and manuscript of Peierls's talk.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/56/J.91
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1988-1989
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Second Niels Bohr Symposium on 'Global Issues in an Open World: From Confrontation to Cooperation', University of Copenhagen, 18-25 May 1989, 1988-1989
Peierls served on the advisory board. Material comprises correspondence, information, planning, participants and programme.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/56/J.92
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1988-1989
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One-day symposium to mark 50th anniversary of nuclear fission, organised by Belgian Nuclear Society and Belgian Physical Society, Brussels, 31 May 1989, 1988-1989
Peierls spoke on the early days of fission discovery. Material comprises correspondence.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/56/J.93
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1988-1989
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Conference on 'The Role of the Scientific Academies', Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome, 4-7 Jun 1989, 1989
This was the last to be organised by E. Amaldi, who died in January 1990. Material comprises correspondence.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/56/J.94
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1989