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Letter from Rudolf Ernst Peierls, on a paper 'On the stochastic theory of continuous parametric systems and its application to electron cascades' by Homi Jehangir Bhabha to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/72/29

Date: 15 August 1949

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He has read the author's reply to his comments but doesn't want to alter his recommendation. Some parts aren't readable and should be shortened. The divergence of views between him and the author is 'largely a difference in view as to what does or does not constitute a constructive discussion or what constitutes real insight into the nature of the problem'. A second opinion should be sought.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1950].

Endorsed on recto as received 20 August 1949.

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RR/72/29
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15 August 1949
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Rudolf Ernst Peierls

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Rudolf Ernst Peierls, Letter from Rudolf Ernst Peierls, on a paper 'On the stochastic theory of continuous parametric systems and its application to electron cascades' by Homi Jehangir Bhabha to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, 15 August 1949, RR/72/29, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_72_29/letter-from-rudolf-ernst-peierls-on-a-paper-on-the-stochastic-theory-of-continuous-parametric-systems-and-its-application-to-electron-cascades-by-homi-jehangir-bhabha-to-d-c-martin-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 21 January 2026

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