Peierls

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Peierls is a surname most notably associated with Rudolf Peierls, a German-born British physicist who made key contributions to nuclear physics and the development of the atomic bomb.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf family name
human
physicist
surname
awardReceived Copley Medal
Max Planck Medal
Royal Medal
countryOfCitizenship Germany
United Kingdom
educatedAt Humboldt University of Berlin
surface form: University of Berlin

University of Leipzig
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
surface form: University of Munich
emigratedTo United Kingdom
fieldOfWork nuclear physics
theoretical physics
hasAcademicDiscipline physics
influenced development of solid-state physics
influencedBy Ralph Fowler
Werner Heisenberg
Wolfgang Pauli
languageOfOrigin German
memberOf Royal Society
notableBearer Rudolf Peierls
notableConcept Peierls bracket
Peierls transition
surface form: Peierls instability

Peierls substitution
Peierls transition
Bogoliubov inequality
surface form: Peierls–Bogoliubov inequality

Peierls–Nabarro model
notableFor Frisch–Peierls memorandum
surface form: Peierls–Frisch memorandum

contributions to nuclear physics
work on the development of the atomic bomb
notableStudent Dennis Sciama
surface form: Denis Sciama

John Bell
Tony Skyrme
occupation research scientist
university professor
participatedIn Manhattan Project
placeOfBirth Germany
positionHeld professor at University of Birmingham
professor at University of Oxford
usedInCountry Germany
United Kingdom
workLocation United Kingdom

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Rudolf Peierls familyName Peierls