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Rudolf Peierls

Physicist

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Person
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Academic

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Birthdate
June 5, 1907
Birthplace
Berlin
Berlin
Date of Death
September 19, 1995
Place of Death
Oxford
Oxford
Educated at
Leipzig University
Leipzig University
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Frederick William University
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St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College, Cambridge
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
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Occupation
Physicist
Physicist
Scientist
Scientist

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Doctoral Advisor
Peter Debye
Peter Debye
Werner Heisenberg
Werner Heisenberg
Doctoral Students
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Brian Flowers, Baron Flowers
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Edwin Ernest Salpeter
Fred Hoyle
Fred Hoyle
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John Stewart Bell
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Władysław Świątecki
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Gerald E. Brown
Gerald E. Brown
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James S. Langer
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Walter Marshall, Baron Marshall of Goring
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Germany
Germany
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Notable Work
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Peierls stress
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Peierls substitution
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Peierls bracket
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Frisch–Peierls memorandum
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Peierls transition
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Wikidata ID
Q61735
Overview

Rudolf Peierls () was a physicist born on June 5, 1907, in Berlin, Germany (). He held dual citizenship in Germany and the United Kingdom (). Peierls was educated at St John's College, Cambridge (). His occupation was a physicist ().

Peierls had two notable doctoral advisors: Werner Heisenberg () and Peter Debye (). One of his doctoral students was Edwin Ernest Salpeter (). Rudolf Peierls passed away on September 19, 1995, in Oxford, United Kingdom ().

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