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Referee's report by Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, on a paper 'The wave theory of light quanta' by Charles Galton Darwin

Reference number: RR/43/2

Date: April 1931

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Sectional committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in Proceedings, in part. Parts six and nine should be omitted. Other minor modifications are required.

[Not published].

Endorsed on verso as received 18 April 1931.

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RR/43/2
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April 1931
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Standardised form (type D) and note on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, Referee's report by Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, on a paper 'The wave theory of light quanta' by Charles Galton Darwin, April 1931, RR/43/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_43_2/referees-report-by-paul-adrien-maurice-dirac-on-a-paper-the-wave-theory-of-light-quanta-by-charles-galton-darwin, accessed on 21 March 2025

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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