Frisch–Peierls memorandum

ID: frisch-peierls-memorandum

The Frisch–Peierls memorandum was a pivotal document in the history of nuclear physics and the development of atomic weapons. Drafted in late 1940 by physicists Otto Frisch and Rudolf Peierls while they were working in the United Kingdom, the memorandum outlined the feasibility of creating an atomic bomb through nuclear fission.

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