Placzek, G. (George), 1905-1955
George Placzek papers, 1932-1955.
The George Placzek papers include correspondence, work papers, manuscripts, administrative and financial material, and other printed matter related to George Placzeks professional and personal activities. Some material relates to research undertaken for the Manhattan Project; documents concerning post-war declassification are also heavily represented. Notable correspondents include J. Robert Oppenheimer, Enrico Fermi, and Hans Bethe.
After receiving his PhD from University of Vienna in 1928, Placzek traveled throughout Europe for ten years, working alongside many of the eras foremost scientific minds, including Enrico Fermi in Rome, Peter Debye and Werner Heisenberg in Leipzig, and Lev Landau in Russia, with whom he derived the Landau-Placzek formula for the ratio of diffusions of light. In 1932, Placzek landed at Niels Bohrs Copenhagen Institute, where he remained until 1939, when he and many of his colleagues fled Europe for the United States. Placzek was a professor at Cornell University from 1939 to 1942, after which he worked for the General Electric Company until his arrival at the Institute for Advanced Study in 1948. In 1952, Placzek was granted Permanent Member status at the IAS, which he held until his death.
Bethe, Hans A. (Hans Albrecht), 1906-2005
Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
Placzek, G. (George), 1905-1955
Manhattan Project (U.S.)
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