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RefNoMS/603/7/299
Previous numbers1327
LevelItem
TitleLetter from O J [Oliver Joseph] Lodge, Normanton House, Lake, near Salisbury, to [Joseph] Larmor
CreatorLodge; Sir Oliver Joseph (1851-1940); British physicist
RecipientLarmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist
Date8 March 1930
DescriptionLodge is amazed that Larmor has detected [Paul] Dirac in [James Clerk] Maxwell, not suspecting that it coudl be traced back to on eof thr giants of the nineteenth century. He imagines that [Arthur] Eddington exaggerates when he suggests a breakdown of the law of causality and a loophole for freedom. He congratulates Larmor for the discovery, although the time was not then ripe for seeing a connection with the quantum. 'I daresay I am talking nonsense, but I only read your letter five minutes ago, and so am inclined to bubble over'.
Extent1p.
FormatTypescript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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