Helsinki and Joensuu, Finland, 3-21 Jun 1985
MS. 11619/54/J.59
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Helsinki and Joensuu, Finland, 3-21 Jun 1985
Shelfmark
MS. 11619/54/J.59
Summary
Peierls visited the Theoretical Physics Research Institute, Helsinki, 3-15 June, and attended the Symposium on 'The Foundations of Modern Physics: 50 years of the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Gedankenexperiment'. The visit was supported by the British Council. Material comprises correspondence and a copy of his report to the British Council, 1984-1985. In the course of his stay in Helsinki, Peierls made a short visit to Leningrad (see MS. 11619/54/J.60).
Peierls served on the Advisory Committee of the Joensuu Conference and gave a paper on 'Observations in quantum mechanics and the "Collapse of the wave function"'. Material comprises correspondence, comments on programme and a draft of his paper, 1983-1985.
Date
1983-1985
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
Helsinki and Joensuu, Finland, 3-21 Jun 1985
