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Frisch–Peierls memorandum. Blue plaque to physicists Frisch and Peierls on the wall of the Poynting Physics Building, University of Birmingham. The Frisch–Peierls memorandum was the first technical exposition of a practical nuclear weapon. It was written by expatriate German-Jewish physicists Otto Frisch and Rudolf Peierls in March 1940 ...
Otto Robert Frisch OBE FRS (1 October 1904 – 22 September 1979) was an Austrian-born British physicist who worked on nuclear physics. With Otto Stern and Immanuel Estermann he first measured the magnetic moment of the proton.
Francis William Aston; Alfred J. Lotka. Signature. Mason Science College (demolished in 1964) John Henry Poynting FRS [1] (9 September 1852 – 30 March 1914 [2] [3]) was an English physicist. He was the first professor of physics at Mason Science College from 1880 to 1900, and then the successor institution, the University of Birmingham until ...
Ellie Iorizzo, PA Senior Entertainment Reporter. Updated April 22, 2022 at 4:33 AM. English Heritage has unveiled a blue plaque in honour of the self-taught physicist behind the theory of ...
Blue plaque honouring John Bell at the Queen's University of Belfast Bell died unexpectedly of a cerebral hemorrhage in Geneva in 1990. [32] [33] [34] Unknown to Bell, he had reportedly been nominated for a Nobel Prize that year.
James Clerk Maxwell FRSE FRS (13 June 1831 – 5 November 1879) was a Scottish physicist with broad interests [1] [2] who was responsible for the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation, which was the first theory to describe electricity, magnetism and light as different manifestations of the same phenomenon.
Sir Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant, AC, KBE, FRS, FAA, FTSE (8 October 1901 – 14 July 2000) was an Australian physicist and humanitarian who played an important role in the first experimental demonstration of nuclear fusion and in the development of nuclear weapons . Born and raised in Adelaide, South Australia, Oliphant graduated from the ...
Poynting Physics Building at the University of Birmingham. The blue plaque commemorates the work of Peierls and Frisch. The division of the MAUD Committee at Birmingham was led by Peierls. He was assisted by Haworth, Johnson and, from 28 May 1941, Klaus Fuchs. Haworth led the chemists in studying the properties of uranium hexafluoride.
Poynting Physics Building, Birmingham University An original six-cavity magnetron. University of Birmingham – Poynting Physics Building – blue plaque. Henry Boot was born in Birmingham and attended King Edward's School, Birmingham and the University of Birmingham. While working on his PhD the war broke out.
John Adamson (physician) John Adamson (12 December 1809 – 11 August 1870) was a Scottish physician, pioneer photographer, physicist, lecturer and museum curator. He was a highly respected figure in St Andrews, and was responsible for producing the first calotype portrait in Scotland in 1841. He taught the process to his brother, the famous ...