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Oppenheimer, J. Robert and Born, Max, ‘Zur Quantentheorie der Molekeln’,
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Oppenheimer, J. Robert and Carlson, J.F., ‘On the Range of Fast Electrons and Neutrons’,
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— ‘The Impacts of Fast Electrons and Magnetic Neutrons’,
Physical Review
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Oppenheimer, J. Robert, Epstein, S.T. and Finkelstein, R.J., ‘Note on Stimulated Decay of Negative Mesons’,
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Oppenheimer, J. Robert and Furry, Wendell H., ‘On the Theory of the Electron and the Positive’,
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, 45, 245–62 (1934a)

— ‘On the Theory of the Electron and the Positive’,
Physical Review
, 45, 343–4 (1934b)

— ‘On the Limitations of the Theory of the Positron’,
Physical Review
, 45, 903–4 (1934c)

— ‘On the Spin of the Mesotron’,
Physical Review
, 59, 462 (1941)

Oppenheimer, J. Robert and Hall, Harvey, ‘Relativistic Theory of the Photoelectric Effect’,
Physical Review
, 38, 57–9 (1931)

Oppenheimer, J. Robert and Lauritsen, C.C., ‘On the Scattering of the Th C" γ-Rays’,
Physical Review
, 46, 80–1 (1934)

Oppenheimer, J. Robert, Lewis, H.W. and Wouthuysen, S.A., ‘The Multiple Production of Mesons’,
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, 73, 127–40 (1948)

Oppenheimer, J. Robert and Nedelsky, Leo, ‘The Production of Positives by Nuclear Gamma Rays’,
Physical Review
, 44, 948–9 (1933)

Oppenheimer, J. Robert and Phillips, M., ‘Note on the Transmutation Function for Deuterons’,
Physical Review
, 48, 500–2 (1935)

Oppenheimer, J. Robert and Plesset, Milton S., ‘On the Production of the Positive Electron’,
Physical Review
, 44, 53–5 (1933)

Oppenheimer, J. Robert and Schwinger, J.S., ‘On Pair Emission in the Proton Bombardment of Fluorine’,
Physical Review
, 56, 1066–7 (1939)

— ‘On the Interaction of Mesotrons and Nuclei’,
Physical Review
, 60, 150–2 (1941)

Oppenheimer, J. Robert and Serber, R., ‘Note on the Nature of Cosmic-Ray Particles’,
Physical Review
, 51, 1113 (1937)

— ‘On the Stability of Stellar Neutron Cores’,
Physical Review
, 54, 540 (1938)

Oppenheimer, J. Robert, Serber, R., Nordheim, G. and Nordheim, L.W., ‘The Disintegration of High-Energy Protons’,
Physical Review
, 51, 1037–45 (1937)

Oppenheimer, J. Robert, Serber, R. and Snyder, H., ‘The Production of Soft Secondaries by Mesotrons’,
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, 57, 75–81 (1939)

Oppenheimer, J. Robert and Snyder, H., ‘On Continued Gravitational Contraction’,
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, 56, 455–9 (1939)

Oppenheimer, J. Robert and Volkoff, G.M., ‘On Massive Neutron Cores’,
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—
A Tale of Two Continents: A Physicist’s Life in a Turbulent World
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—
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Pauling, Linus,
The Nature of the Chemical Bond
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Peierls, Rudolf, ‘Critical Conditions in Neutron Multiplication’,
Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
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