Table of Contents

*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*Preface, pg. xi*1. Origin and Background, pg. 1*2. The Student Years, pg. 16*3. Assistant to Pauli, pg. 46*4. Rockefeller Fellow, pg. 82*5. Growing Roots in England, pg. 99*6. A Provincial Chair, pg. 127*7. War, pg. 145*8. Manhattan District, pg. 182*9. Settled in Birmingham, pg. 211*10. Teaching, pg. 249*11. Travelling and Other Sidelines, pg. 261*12. Problems of Nuclear Weapons, pg. 282*13. Oxford, pg. 289*14. "Security" Troubles, pg. 321*15. Retirement, pg. 326*Epilogue, pg. 340*Brief Chronology, pg. 342*Index, pg. 343

Reviews

"[This] fascinating autobiography not only attests to [Peierls's] having been in on the most important scientific developments since the mid-1920s--in brief, the quantum revolution--but his lively account of the events of this period, and of its main actors, their contributions, and--with respect and sympathy--their quirks, provides a significant contribution to the scientific history of our time."--Bernard T. Feld, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists "Anybody with some interest in the way scientists live, feel and think, should read this book. They will be richly rewarded and entertained."--Victor Weisskopf, London Times Higher Education Supplement "He knew everyone in the small pre-war physics world, and stories of his many friends are told delightfully."--Sir Nevill Mott, Physics Bulletin "This is an excellent book with far more in it than I can mention here, which I wholeheartedly recommend."--David Hall, Scope