Royal Society publishing Informing the sence of the futue Recollections of Early Solid State Physics Author(s):R.E. Peierls Source: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Vol. 371, No. 1744, The Beginnings of Solid State Physics(Jun. 10, 1980), pp 28-38 Published by: The Royal Society StableUrl:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2990272 Accessed:12/03/20100208 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp.JstOr'sTermsandConditionsofUseprovidesinpartthatunless you have obtained prior permission, you may not download an entire issue of a journal or multiple copies of articles, and you may use content in the JSTOR archive only for your personal, non-commercial use Please contact the publisher regarding any further use of this work. Publisher contact information may be obtained at http://www.jstor.org/action/showpublisher?publishercode=rsl Each copy of any part of a JSTOR transmission must contain the same copyright notice that appears on the screen or printed page of such transmission JStOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about STOR, please contact support@jstor. org The Royal Society is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mather atical and Phvsical sciences ittp://www.jstor.orgRecollections of Early Solid State Physics Author(s): R. E. Peierls Source: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Vol. 371, No. 1744, The Beginnings of Solid State Physics (Jun. 10, 1980), pp. 28-38 Published by: The Royal Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2990272 Accessed: 12/03/2010 02:08 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use provides, in part, that unless you have obtained prior permission, you may not download an entire issue of a journal or multiple copies of articles, and you may use content in the JSTOR archive only for your personal, non-commercial use. Please contact the publisher regarding any further use of this work. Publisher contact information may be obtained at http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublisher?publisherCode=rsl. Each copy of any part of a JSTOR transmission must contain the same copyright notice that appears on the screen or printed page of such transmission. JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. The Royal Society is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences. http://www.jstor.org