02537nam 2200577Ia 450 991078221130332120230721033041.01-281-91174-79786611911744981-277-136-0(CKB)1000000000549981(EBL)1193759(SSID)ssj0000289863(PQKBManifestationID)11230454(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000289863(PQKBWorkID)10403528(PQKB)11597921(MiAaPQ)EBC1193759(WSP)00002058 (Au-PeEL)EBL1193759(CaPaEBR)ebr10255467(CaONFJC)MIL191174(OCoLC)666958333(EXLCZ)99100000000054998120080620d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Bethe-Peierls correspondence[electronic resource] /Sabine LeeHackensack, NJ World Scientificc20071 online resource (520 p.)Description based upon print version of record.981-277-135-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 495-496) and index.1. The brave men who fearlessly climb the harsh mountains -- 2. Kellnerinnen - a slight amount of respectability into the theory -- 3. The Birmingham-Cornell pipeline -- 4. Physics: not a young person's pasttime.This book contains the correspondence between Hans Bethe and Rudolf Peierls, two first-rate scientists who made important contributions to 20th century physics. The document collection is of great significance for our understanding of 20th century physics, but it also illustrates many interesting political and social aspects such as the life of émigré scientists from Nazi-Germany on both sides of the Atlantic and the political activities of nuclear scientists after the development of the atomic bomb. Furthermore, the letters exchanged between Bethe and Peierls facilitate the appreciation of inNuclear physicistsCorrespondenceNuclear physicists530Bethe Hans A(Hans Albrecht),1906-2005.207Peierls Rudolf E(Rudolf Ernst),1907-1995.49768Lee Sabine1501666MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782211303321The Bethe-Peierls correspondence3798981UNINA