Rudolf Peierls

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British scientist German emigrant human nuclear physicist theoretical physicist university teacher

Rudolf Peierls was a German-born British theoretical physicist whose work on nuclear chain reactions and advocacy helped spur the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Rudolf Peierls canonical	23
Genia Peierls	1
Rudolf Peierls (self-initiated with Otto Frisch)	1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British scientist ⓘ German emigrant ⓘ human ⓘ nuclear physicist ⓘ theoretical physicist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ
awardReceived	Copley Medal ⓘ Knight Bachelor ⓘ Max Planck Medal ⓘ Royal Medal ⓘ
coAuthorOf	Frisch–Peierls memorandum ⓘ
countryOfBirth	German Empire ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Germany ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfDeath	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1907-06-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1995-09-19 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor	Werner Heisenberg ⓘ
educatedAt	Humboldt University of Berlin ⓘ surface form: University of Berlin University of Leipzig ⓘ Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich ⓘ surface form: University of Munich University of Zurich ⓘ surface form: University of Zürich
employer	Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ University of Birmingham ⓘ University of Manchester ⓘ University of Oxford ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Jewish ⓘ
familyName	Peierls ⓘ
fieldOfWork	nuclear physics ⓘ solid-state physics ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ
givenName	Rudolf ⓘ
honorificTitle	Sir ⓘ
knownFor	advocacy that helped initiate the British atomic bomb program ⓘ contributions to nuclear chain reaction theory ⓘ work on the feasibility of atomic weapons during World War II ⓘ
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned	English ⓘ German ⓘ
memberOf	Manhattan Project ⓘ Royal Society ⓘ
notableIdea	Peierls bracket ⓘ Peierls transition ⓘ surface form: Peierls instability Peierls substitution ⓘ Peierls transition ⓘ
notableStudent	Abdus Salam ⓘ
notableWork	Bird of Passage: Recollections of a Physicist ⓘ Frisch–Peierls memorandum ⓘ Quantum Theory of Solids ⓘ Surprises in Theoretical Physics ⓘ The Development of Nuclear Physics ⓘ The Laws of Nature ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Berlin ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Oxford ⓘ
positionHeld	Head of Theoretical Physics Department at University of Birmingham ⓘ Wykeham Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Rudolf Peierls self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Genia Peierls
workLocation	Birmingham ⓘ Oxford ⓘ

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MAUD Committee → member → Rudolf Peierls ⓘ

Tube Alloys programme → keyPerson → Rudolf Peierls ⓘ

Frisch–Peierls memorandum → author → Rudolf Peierls ⓘ

Frisch–Peierls memorandum → commissionedBy → Rudolf Peierls ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rudolf Peierls (self-initiated with Otto Frisch)

Max Planck Medal → hasRecipient → Rudolf Peierls ⓘ

Rudolf Peierls → spouse → Rudolf Peierls self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Genia Peierls

Otto Frisch → collaboratedWith → Rudolf Peierls ⓘ

Edwin E. Salpeter → doctoralAdvisor → Rudolf Peierls ⓘ

British Mission to the Manhattan Project → notableMember → Rudolf Peierls ⓘ

Peierls → notableBearer → Rudolf Peierls ⓘ

Peierls transition → namedAfter → Rudolf Peierls ⓘ

Peierls substitution → namedAfter → Rudolf Peierls ⓘ

Peierls bracket → namedAfter → Rudolf Peierls ⓘ

Surprises in Theoretical Physics → author → Rudolf Peierls ⓘ

Surprises in Theoretical Physics → hasAuthor → Rudolf Peierls ⓘ

Surprises in Theoretical Physics → writtenBy → Rudolf Peierls ⓘ

Surprises in Theoretical Physics → workOf → Rudolf Peierls ⓘ

Bird of Passage: Recollections of a Physicist → author → Rudolf Peierls ⓘ

Bird of Passage: Recollections of a Physicist → mainSubject → Rudolf Peierls ⓘ

Bird of Passage: Recollections of a Physicist → hasBiographicalSubject → Rudolf Peierls ⓘ

The Laws of Nature → author → Rudolf Peierls ⓘ

The Development of Nuclear Physics → author → Rudolf Peierls ⓘ

The Development of Nuclear Physics → hasAuthorName → Rudolf Peierls ⓘ

George Placzek → notableStudentOrCollaborator → Rudolf Peierls ⓘ

Landau–Peierls instability → namedAfter → Rudolf Peierls ⓘ