Rudolf Peierls
Physicist, Academic
1907 – 1995
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Who was Rudolf Peierls?
Sir Rudolf Ernst Peierls, CBE was a German-born British physicist. Rudolf Peierls had a major role in Britain's nuclear programme, but he also had a role in many modern sciences. His obituary in Physics Today describes him as "a major player in the drama of the eruption of nuclear physics into world affairs...".
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- Born
- Jun 5, 1907
Berlin - Also known as
- Rudolf Ernst Peierls
- Sir Rudolf Ernst Peierls, CBE
- Sir Rudolf Ernst Peierls
- Rudolf E. Peierls
- Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Germans
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- University of Leipzig
- Humboldt University of Berlin
- Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
- University of Cambridge
- University of Manchester
- Lived in
- United Kingdom
- Died
- Sep 19, 1995
Oxford
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on July 23, 2013
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