Peters, B. (Bernard), 1910-
Bernard Peters papers, 1947-1992.
Rochester period: Scientific correspondence on among other things investigation of cosmic radiation with photographic emulsions. India, Copenhagen and retirement periods: general correspondence, a little scientific correspondence and a few article manuscripts. Period 1948-1954, political problems in the USA: Newspaper clippings, private correspondence. Private papers and private correspondence, regarding employments and awards. Correspondents include: Hannes Alfvňs, G. Bernardini, Homi J. Bhabha, Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Bert Bolin, Jr̜gen Bg̜gild, Umberto Campagnolo, Edward U. Condon, Connie Dilworth (m. Occhialini), David Faiman, Enrico Fermi, Phyllis Freier, Gene Gardner, Werner Gentner, Gertrude Goldhaber, Kenneth Greisen, Lajos Janossy, Peter Kapitza, David Kaplan, Kodak Research Lab., (R.H. Hertz, John Spence), Devendra Lal, Ernest O. Marshak, M.G.k. Menon, Giuseppe Occhialini, Office of Naval Research (Urner Liddel); Frank Oppenheimer, Yash Pal, Cecil Franck Powell, C. V. Raman, G. D. Rochester, George T. Reynolds, Nathan Rosen, Bruno Rossi, J. Rotblat, Alfred Schild, Robert Serber, Amos de Shalit, Kurt Sitte, D. V. Skobeltzyn, Lyman Spitzer, Vatican State (M.S. Wallarta, G. Lemaitre), Sieg Woulthuysen, Hideki Yukawa.
German born American-Danish experimental physicist (Cosmic Rays, Elementary Particles). Born in Poland; the family moved to Germany when Peters was 2 years old. He left for USA in 1934 as a fugitive from Nazi-Germany. Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1942, under Oppenheimer. Field of research: Cosmic rays. Places of employment: Berekeley 1942-1945 (Manhattan Project); Assistant Prof., University of Rochester, NY 1946-1951; prof. exptl. phys., Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay, India, 1951-1958; Prof. UITF/NB, Copenhagen, 1959-1966; Director, Danish Space Research Institute, Lyngby, Copenhagen, 1966-1978. Died 1993.
Alfvň, Hannes, 1908-1995
Bernardini, Gilberto.
Bhabha, Homi Jehangir, 1909-1966.
Condon, Edward Uhler, 1902-1974.
Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954.
Kapit s a, P. L. (Petr Leonidovich), 1894-1984
Lemat̋re, Georges, 1894-
Powell, Cecil Frank
Raman, C. V, 1888-1970.
Rossi, Bruno Benedetto, 1905-
Rotblat, Joseph, 1908-2005
Serber, R. (Robert)
Shalit, Amos de-, 1926-1969.
Spitzer, Lyman, 1914-1997
Yukawa, Hideki, 1907-1981
Oppenheimer, Frank, 1912-1985
Kodak Research Laboratories.
United States. Office of Naval Research.
Cosmic rays.
Nuclear physics.
Extraterrestrial radiation.
Vatican City.
Newspaper columns. aat
Awards. aat
Physicists.
Blackett, P. M. S. (Patrick Maynard Stuart), Baron Blackett, 1897-1974.
Bolin, Bert.
Bg̜gild, Jr̜gen.
Campagnolo, Umberto.
Dilworth, Constance.
Faiman, David.
Freier, Phyllis.
Gardner, Gene.
Gentner, Werner.
Goldhaber, Gertrude Scharff, 1911-1998.
Greisen, Kenneth I.,
Hertz, R. H.
Janossy, Lajos, 1912-
Kaplan, David.
Lal, Devendra.
Liddel, Urner, 1905-
Marshak, Ernest O.
Menon, M. G. K.
Occhialini, Giuseppe.
Pal, Yash.
Rochester, G. D. (George Dixon)
Reynolds, George T.
Rosen, Nathan, -1995
Schild, Alfred.
Skobel t s yn, D. V. (Dmitri Vladimirovich), 1892-
Sitte, Kurt.
Spence, John.
Wallarta, M. S.
Wouthuysen, Siegfried A.
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