Book ID: CBB000830505

Sir Rudolf Peierls: Selected Private and Scientific Correspondence, Volume 1 (2007)

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Peierls, Rudolf Ernst (Author)
Lee, Sabine (Editor)


World Scientific


Publication Date: 2007
Physical Details: 880 pp.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description Covers 1922-1945, containing family correspondence as well as correspondence relating to quantum physics and the development of nuclear weapons. Includes background on social, political and scientific context of the letters.


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Authors & Contributors
Olson, Steve
Artin, Tom
Zangwill, Andrew
Williams, J. S.
Valent, Galliano
Teta, Alessandro
Concepts
Physics
Atomic, nuclear, and particle physics
Quantum mechanics
Molecular and solid state physics
Nuclear weapons; atomic weapons
Biographies
Time Periods
20th century, early
20th century, late
20th century
19th century
21st century
Places
United States
England
Germany
Polar regions
Italy
Canada
Institutions
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Hanford Nuclear Site (Washington)
Niels Bohr Institutet, Copenhagen
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