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Letters.

Correspondents include: P.G. Bergmann, H.A. Bethe, N. Bohr, M. Born, L. de Broglie, P. Caldirola, H.B.G. Casimir, M. Delbrück, P.A.M. Dirac, A. Einstein, Fierz, W. Heisenberg, J.M. Jordan, G. Kallén, R. Kronig, A. Landé, A. Pais, E. Schrödinger, O. Stern, A. Sommerfeld, G. Unlenbeck, V.F. Weiskopt, and G. Wentzel.

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Weisskopf, Victor Frederick, 1908-2002

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Pais, Abraham, 1918-

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Landé, Alfred, 1888-

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