Where did Peierls receive his Doctorate of Philosophy (DPhil) from?
Harvard University
Princeton University
University of Leipzig
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Peierls received his Doctorate of Philosophy (DPhil) from the University of Leipzig in 1929. He was a member of the school of quantum physics led by Werner Heisenberg, and his dissertation was on Theory of diamagnetism.
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