Correspondence
MS. Eng. misc. b. 197/A.17
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Correspondence
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. misc. b. 197/A.17
Summary
Contains
Correspondence with H.V. Rowley regarding the history of the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, 1958.
Correspondence with Franz Bergel regarding apartheid in South African universities, 1959.
Correspondence with Mrs. Nancy Arms regarding her proposed biography of Sir Francis Simon (published as A Prophet in Two Countries), 1960. (See also MS. Eng. misc. b 214/C.281 and MS. Eng. misc. b. 214/C.282.)
Letter from Norwood Russell Hanson regarding the history of the positive electron, 1960.
Correspondence with Melania Serbu, 1959-1962, regarding transverse waves in liquid and her correspondence with Einstein, 1928-1948, (in German). Includes correspondence with the Einstein estate and a photocopy of Einstein's letter to Miss Serbu of 9 January 1929.
Date
1958-1962
Language
English
Physical extent
1 file
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Collection contents
Correspondence and papers of Sir Rudolf (Ernst) Peierls
Biographical and personal
Autobiographical and historical reminiscences
Correspondence
