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Frisch–Peierls memorandum. 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 while they were both working for Mark Oliphant at the University of Birmingham in Britain during World War II . The ...
There is a blue plaque commemorating John Stewart Bell at his childhood home in Tates Avenue in Belfast In 2017 the Institute of Physics commissioned classical composer Matthew Whiteside 's Quartet No 4 (Entangled) to be performed at the 2018 NI Science Festival inspired by Bell's work; [45] the piece went on to become the title track on ...
Otto Robert Frisch OBE FRS [1] (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. With Lise Meitner he advanced the first theoretical explanation of nuclear fission (coining the term) and first ...
Blue Plaque to Oliver Heaviside (English Heritage/PA) Howard Spencer, senior historian at English Heritage, said: “Oliver Heaviside was a physicist whose theories framed one of the biggest ...
Carl Edward Sagan (/ ˈ s eɪ ɡ ən /; SAY-gən; November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, and science communicator.His best known scientific contribution is his research on the possibility of extraterrestrial life, including experimental demonstration of the production of amino acids from basic chemicals by exposure to light.
John Henry Poynting. Signature. 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 ...
"The blue plaque is a small way of saying thank you to him." Born in Chester before spending his childhood in Cardiff, Mr Wright was a self-taught artist who took evening classes at Cardiff Art ...