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Who recruited Peierls for a new chair in applied mathematics at Birmingham University in 1937?
Mark Oliphant
Arnold Sommerfeld
Klaus Fuchs
Erwin Schrödinger
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Mark Oliphant recruited Peierls for a new chair in applied mathematics at Birmingham University in 1937. Peierls accepted the offer and moved to Birmingham with his wife and daughter.
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