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Rudolf Peierls

United Kingdom

Sir Rudolf Peierls (1907-1995) was a German-born British physicist. In March 1940, Peierls and fellow collegue Otto Frisch co-authored the Frisch-Peierls memorandum, the first technical exposition of a practical atomic weapon.

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Los Alamos, NM

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Chicago, IL

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