Oral history interview with Sir Nevill Francis Mott, 1981 January 15.

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Oral history interview with Sir Nevill Francis Mott, 1981 January 15.

Comments on development of the band theory of solids before World War II. The postwar period. Bragg-Williams paper on order-disorder as forerunner of theory of co-operative effects. Quasi-particle theory. Main achievements summarized. Recalls what influenced his choice of research topics. Work on metal-insulator transition. Comments on Central European emigration during 1930s. Applications of electron theory of metals. Institutional affiliations, consultancies, etc. Unofficial networks in physics. Development of solid state physics as a discipline; evolution of financial suppport.

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