Continuing to study at Cambridge, his research was supervised by Rudolf Peierls and his career went from strength to strength with the award of the top Smith's Prize in 1938 and then, with Peierls and R H Fowler as referees, he was awarded a prestigious Goldsmith's Exhibition.
Magpatuloy sa pag-aaral sa Cambridge, ang kanyang mga pananaliksik ay supervised by rudolf at ang kanyang Peierls karera nagpunta mula sa lakas ng lakas sa award ng itaas Smith's Prize sa 1938 at pagkatapos, sa Peierls at RH Fowler bilang referees, siya ay iginawad isang prestihiyoso platero's Exhibition.