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Sir Rudolf Peierls: Selected Private And Scientific Correspondence (Volume 1) (Hardcover)
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Sir Rudolf Peierls: Selected Private And Scientific Correspondence (Volume 1) (Hardcover)
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This edition of the private and scientific correspondence of Sir
Rudolf Peierls gives a unique insight into the life and work of one
of the greatest theoretical physicists of the 20th century. Rudolf
Peierls' scientific work contributed to the early developments in
quantum mechanics, and he is well known and much appreciated for
his contributions to various disciplines, including solid state
physics, nuclear physics, and particle physics. As an enthusiastic
and devoted teacher, he passed on his knowledge and understanding
and inspired the work of collaborators and students alike. As an
effective administrator he was responsible, almost single-handedly,
for the establishment of an outstanding successful centre of
theoretical physics in Birmingham, and later contributed much to
theoretical physics in Oxford. A meticulous collector of
correspondence, Sir Rudolf left a fascinating collection of
letters, in some cases spanning more than seven decades. This
collection includes correspondence with his parents, his wife, the
Russian-born physicist Genia Kannegieser, life-long friends such as
Hans Bethe, and many great physicists, including Wolfgang Pauli,
Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Lev Landau, and George Placzek, to
name but a few. This first volume, which covers the years 1922 to
1945, contains much of the early family correspondence, letters
exchanged between Rudolf and Genia Peierls before and after their
marriage in 1931, correspondence relating to early developments in
quantum physics, and interesting material relating to the
development of nuclear weapons. The extensive apparatus provides an
invaluable background which allows the reader to put the presented
documents into theirmulti-faceted social, political and scientific
context.
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