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The Solvay Councils and the Birth of Modern Physics

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  • © 1999

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Editors:
  1. Pierre Marage

    1. Faculté des Sciences — CP 230, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium

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  2. Grégoire Wallenborn

    1. Institut de Philosophie — CP 175, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium

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Part of the book series: Science Networks. Historical Studies (SNHS, volume 22)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Background to the Solvay Councils

    1. Ernest Solvay: The System, the Law and the Council

      • Didier Devriese, Grégoire Wallenborn
      Pages 1-23

    2. Rutherford, the Cavendish Laboratory and the Solvay Councils

      • Jeff Hughes
      Pages 24-34

    3. Paul Langevin and the French Scientists at the Solvay Conferences

      • Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent
      Pages 35-47

    4. The Solvay Councils and the Nobel Institution

      • Elisabeth Crawford
      Pages 48-54

    5. The Organisation of Science in the 19th Century

      • Geert Vanpaemel
      Pages 55-69

    6. Physics Prior to the First Council

      • Pierre Marage, Grégoire Wallenborn
      Pages 70-94

  3. The Birth of Modern Physics

    1. The First Solvay Council

      • Pierre Marage, Grégoire Wallenborn
      Pages 95-111

    2. 1913–1921: From the Second to the Third Council

      • Pierre Marage, Grégoire Wallenborn
      Pages 112-133

    3. 1927 The Fifth Council

      • Pierre Marage, Grégoire Wallenborn
      Pages 134-160

    4. The Debate between Einstein and Bohr, or How to Interpret Quantum Mechanics

      • Pierre Marage, Grégoire Wallenborn
      Pages 161-174

    5. 1933: The Seventh Council

      • Pierre Marage, Grégoire Wallenborn
      Pages 175-195

    6. A New Era

      • Pierre Marage, Grégoire Wallenborn
      Pages 196-202

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 203-224
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About this book

FOREWORD This book came about as a result of two events: an exhibition on the Solvay Physics Councils, held in Brussels in May 1995, and a conference on the same theme which took place at the Free University of Brussels (ULB) on May 1Oth 1995. A book was published in French in conjunction with the exhibition, and much of the present publication is taken from that book. In addition, we have included some of the papers presented at the conference, as we believe they add a further dimension to the history of the Councils. The French term, Conseil Solvay, is usually translated into English as Solvay Conference or Congress. We have elected to retain the particular connotations of the French word Conseil by translating it instead as Council. The Councils were, after all, no ordinary conferences. Only a limited number of participants was invited, hand picked by a scientific committee, who for five to six days took an active part in the sessions and the long discussions that followed. Each day, one or two physicists would present a paper on a subject that had been chosen by the committee to fit in with the overall theme of the Council. The word Conseil expressly implies the gathering of an elite to engage in debate.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculté des Sciences — CP 230, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium

    Pierre Marage

  • Institut de Philosophie — CP 175, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium

    Grégoire Wallenborn

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Solvay Councils and the Birth of Modern Physics

  • Editors: Pierre Marage, Grégoire Wallenborn

  • Series Title: Science Networks. Historical Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7703-9

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Basel AG 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-0348-7705-3Published: 13 November 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-7703-9Published: 11 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1421-6329

  • Series E-ISSN: 2296-6080

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 224

  • Number of Illustrations: 50 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Popular Science, general

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