India, 9 Nov-5 Dec 1987
MS. 11619/55/J.77
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
India, 9 Nov-5 Dec 1987
Shelfmark
MS. 11619/55/J.77
Summary
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, Bangalore, Mysore and Calcutta; the smog in the last city induced an attack of bronchitis which incapacitated Peierls for a while on his return.
Material comprises correspondence with Royal Society and with colleagues in India, invitations, arrangements, lecture topics, schedules and itineraries, letters of thanks.
Date
1985-1986
Language
English
Physical extent
1 file
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Collection contents
Supplementary catalogue of the archive of Rudolf (Ernst) Peierls (1907-1995)
SECTION J VISITS, LECTURES, CONFERENCES
Visits fulfilled
India, 9 Nov-5 Dec 1987
