List of Famous people with last name Peierls

Rudolf Peierls

First Name Rudolf

Last Name Peierls

Born on June 5, 1907

Died on September 19, 1995 (aged 88)

Born in Germany

Sir Rudolf Ernst Peierls, was a German-born British physicist who played a major role in the Manhattan Project and Tube Alloys, Britain's nuclear programme. His obituary in Physics Today described him as "a major player in the drama of the eruption of nuclear physics into world affairs".

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