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Letter from Rudolph Ernst Peierls, on a paper 'The binding energies of very light nuclei' by Herbert Fröhlich, Kun Huang and Ian Naismith Sneddon to the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/70/110

Date: 01 March 1947

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He cannot follow the author's distinction between 'agreement' and 'lack of diagreement'. Would like to discuss his points directly with the author.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1947].

Endorsed on recto as received 3 March 1947.

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RR/70/110
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01 March 1947
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Typescript

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Rudolf Ernst Peierls

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Rudolf Ernst Peierls, Letter from Rudolph Ernst Peierls, on a paper 'The binding energies of very light nuclei' by Herbert Fröhlich, Kun Huang and Ian Naismith Sneddon to the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, 01 March 1947, RR/70/110, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_70_110/letter-from-rudolph-ernst-peierls-on-a-paper-the-binding-energies-of-very-light-nuclei-by-herbert-fröhlich-kun-huang-and-ian-naismith-sneddon-to-the-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 12 October 2024

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