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FRSH/A/58A
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Photocopy of a letter about 'the activities of Dr. Peierls and Dr. Frisch' on the Los Alamos project
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- after 7 Apr. 1982 (Creation)
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(1904-1979)
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Photocopy of a letter about 'the activities of Dr. Peierls and Dr. Frisch' on the Los Alamos project, dated 6 August 1946 and declassified 7 April 1982. The letter describes Frisch's work as that of 'a group leader in the Experimental Physics Division carrying out basic experiments in nuclear, neutron and fission physics', and states that 'His extraordinary familiarity with nuclear theory as well as his exceptional experimental skill caused him to be of the greatest value to the atomic bomb experiment'.
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A note in the original finding aid created by the Contemporary Scientific Archives Centre: We are grateful to Dr. J. White for permission to include this document and to quote from it.