Rudolf Peierls

Sir Rudolf Ernst Peierls, was a German-born British physicist who played a major role in Tube Alloys, Britain's nuclear weapon programme, as well as the subsequent Manhattan Project, the combined Allied nuclear bomb programme.

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Who was born first?

• Rudolf Peierls and Vladimir Veksler were born the same year
• Rudolf Peierls and Daniel Bovet were born the same year
• Rudolf Peierls and Đuro Kurepa were born the same year
• Rudolf Peierls and Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter were born the same year
• Rudolf Peierls and Seth Neddermeyer were born the same year

Timeline

1. Daniel BovetMarch 23, 1907 – April 8, 1992
2. Đuro KurepaAugust 16, 1907 – November 2, 1993
3. Harold Scott MacDonald CoxeterFebruary 9, 1907 – March 31, 2003
4. Rudolf Peierls (this page)June 5, 1907 – September 19, 1995
5. Seth NeddermeyerSeptember 16, 1907 – January 29, 1988
6. Vladimir VekslerFebruary 19, 1907 – September 22, 1966

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• Isaac NewtonDecember 25, 1642 – March 20, 1727
• Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAugust 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832
• Immanuel KantApril 22, 1724 – February 12, 1804
• René DescartesMarch 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650
• Marie CurieNovember 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934
• Nicolaus CopernicusFebruary 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543
• Louis PasteurDecember 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895