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Conferences, etc., 1946-1957

Address to the American Physical Society, New York, Sep 1946. Includes an abstract of the talk 'Electrodynamics without point singularities', but Peierls was unable to attend the conference. Address to the American Physical Society, Jan 1952, on 'Non-local field theory'. Home Universities Conference, London, Dec 1954. Includes a summary of the points included in Peierls's talk on 'The Supply of Teachers for Mathematics and Science'. (See also MS. Eng. misc. b.…
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 220/E.1
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1946-1957
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XI International Conference on High Energy Physics, Geneva, 4-11 Jul 1962, 1961-1962

Correspondence with officials of CERN regarding meetings of the Advisory Committee, scheduling of and arrangements for conferences, scheduling of a lecture by Peierls to a colloquium at CERN (on 'Nuclear translation and rotation as collective phenomena') and lists of British participants. Extensive correspondence with British colleagues regarding nominations to the conference, travel grants, etc. (Peierls was a member of the European Advisory Committee which was to recommend to…
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 220/E.2
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1961-1962
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Conferences, etc., 1963

Conference on 'High Energy Physics and Nuclear Structure', CERN, Feb 25-Mar 2, 1963: correspondence with officials at CERN regarding arrangements for conference, transscript (11 pages) of Peierls's remarks and summary at the conclusion of the conference. International Spring School of Physics, Ravello, Italy, Apr-May 4, 1963: correspondence regarding scheduling of Peierls's visit and applications from other members of the Birmingham department. Conference of…
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 220/E.3
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1963
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First Yugoslav Summer School on Solid State Physics, Hercegnovi, Sep 1-14, 1963, 1962-1964

Correspondence regarding arrangements to visit the summer school and other institutes, travel plans, list of participants, programme, 4-page abstract of a lecture course given by Peierls on 'The concept of relaxation time' (5 lectures). Invitation to 1964 summer school (declined).
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 220/E.4
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1962-1964
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Conferences, etc., 1963-1964

Correspondence regarding a visit to Hamburg, Sep 1963, to receive the Max Planck Medal. (See also MS. Eng. misc. b. 197/A.9.) Conference on 'The Identity of the Jewish Intellectual', London, Nov 1963. Includes correspondence, a list of participants and a transcript of Peierls's remarks. Correspondence regarding visits to various laboratories and institutes in France, Apr 1964. (See also MS. Eng. misc. b. 224/F.12, Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques.)…
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 220/E.5
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1963-1964
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International Conference on Nuclear Physics, Paris, Jul 2-8, 1964, 1964-1965

Includes correspondence, programme and a typescript of Peierls's concluding remarks for publication in the conference proceedings.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 220/E.6
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1964-1965