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RefNoPB/7/2/4/19
Previous numbersG.125
LevelItem
TitleRutherford Centenary Celebrations, Moscow, August 1971
Date1971
DescriptionBlackett had intended to attend and to give a paper based substantially on his 1954 Rutherford Memorial Lecture. In the event, he did not go, and his paper was read for him by Norman Feather.

Folder includes correspondence with Russian and UK colleagues re conference, and 2 typescripts of the lecture (draft titled 'Memories of Rutherford', and text as read 'Some remarks on Rutherford's achievement').

Correspondents include: O Ivanenko and Piotr Kapitza.
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA692Feather; Norman (1904 - 1978)1904 - 1978
NA4517Kapitza; Piotr Leonidovich (1894 - 1984)1894 - 1984
NA8278Rutherford; Ernest (1871 - 1937); Baron Rutherford of Nelson1871 - 1937
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