'On the construction of a "super-bomb", based on a nuclear chain reaction in uranium'
MS. 11619/37/D.107
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
'On the construction of a "super-bomb", based on a nuclear chain reaction in uranium'
Shelfmark
MS. 11619/37/D.107
Summary
Photocopy, numbered 2, of the memorandum, typed by Peierls, seven pages.
Date
1940
Language
English
Physical extent
1 file
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Collection contents
Supplementary catalogue of the archive of Rudolf (Ernst) Peierls (1907-1995)
SECTION D HISTORY OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS
Topics
The Frisch-Peierls Memorandum
'On the construction of a "super-bomb", based on a nuclear chain reaction in uranium'
