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Solvay Conference 5

th Solvay Conference 5
Title: Electrons and Photons Date: October 24-29, 1927 LocaCon: Brussels, Belgium at InsCtute of Physiology Chair: Hendrik Lorentz Reports by :

Parc Lopold, Bruxelles - Lyce Emile Jacqmain, ancien insCtut de physiologie AOendees stayed at the Hotel Monopole

Photograph by Benjamin Couprie, InsCtut InternaConal de Physique Solvay, Brussels, Belgium

W.-L. Bragg A.-H. Compton L. de Broglie M. Born and W. Heisenberg E. Schrdinger N. Bohr.

th Solvay Schedule 5
October 24, 1927, Monday morning 10:00 a.m.
Opening Hendrik Lorentz (Chair) W.-L. Bragg, The Intensity of Reected X-Rays, followed by discussion A.H. Compton, Discordances Between the Experiment and the ElectromagneCc Theory of RadiaCon, followed by discussion Hosted recepCon by The Free University of Brussels L. de Broglie, The New Dynamics of Quanta, followed by discussion M. Born and W. Heisenberg, The Mechanics of Quanta, followed by discussion E. Schrdinger, The Mechanics of Waves, followed by discussion Travel to Paris and General invitaCon to aOend the Fresnel Centenary in Paris Return to Brussels N. Bohr, The Postulate of Quanta and the Development of AtomisCcs General discussion General discussion

October 24, 1927, Monday aaernoon October 25, 1927, Tuesday morning 9:00 a.m. October 25, 1927, Tuesday aaernoon

October 26, 1927, Wednesday morning

October 26, 1927, Wednesday aaernoon October 27, 1927, Thursday, All day October 28, 1927, Friday morning

October 28, 1927, Friday aaernoon

October 29, 1927, Saturday morning October 29, 1927, Saturday lunch
Hosted by Belgian king and queen General discussion Closing Hendrik Lorentz (Chair) BanqueOe hosted by Solvay

October 29, 1927, Saturday aaernoon October 29, 1927, Saturday evening

th Solvay Proceedings 5
Electrons et Photons. Rapports et Discussions du Cinquime Conseil de Physique tenu a Bruxelles du 24 au 29 octobre 1927 sous les auspices de lInsCtut InternaConal de Physique Solvay Paris 1928, Eds. GauthierVillars et cie.
Obituary for Hendrik Lorentz by Marie Curie W.-L. Bragg, The Intensity of Reected X-Rays, pp. 144; A.H. Compton, Discordances Between the Experiment and the ElectromagneCc Theory of RadiaCon, pp. 5586; L. de Broglie, The New Dynamics of Quanta, pp. 105133; M. Born and W. Heisenberg, The Mechanics of Quanta, pp. 143182; E. Schrdinger, The Mechanics of Waves, pp. 185207; N. Bohr, The Postulate of Quanta and the Development of AtomisCcs, pp. 215248.

Fi#h (5th) Solvay Congress, Brussels, October 24-29, 1927

Auguste Piccard

Emile Henriot

Paul Ehrenfest

Theophile EdouardDe Donder Herzen

Edwin Schrodinger

Emile Verschaelt

Wolfgang Paili

Ralph Werner Fowler Heisenberg

Louis Brillouin

Peter Debye Irving Langmuir

MarCn Knudsen Max Planck

William Bragg Marie Curie

Hendrik Kramers Hendrik Lorentz

Paul Dirac

Arthur Compton

Louis deBroglie Paul Langevin Charles Guye

Max Born Charles Wilson

Niels Bohr

Albert Einstein

Owen Richardson

Fi#h (5th) Solvay Congress, Brussels, October 24-29, 1927

Auguste Piccard

Emile Henriot

Paul Ehrenfest

Edouard

Theophile De Donder Herzen Paul Dirac Hendrik Lorentz

Edwin Schrodinger Arthur Compton

Emile Verschaelt

Wolfgang Paili

Werner Heisenberg

Ralph Fowler

Louis Brillouin

Peter Debye Irving Langmuir

MarCn Knudsen Max Planck

William Bragg Marie Curie

Hendrik Kramers

Louis deBroglie Paul Langevin Charles Guye

Max Born Charles Wilson

Niels Bohr Owen Richardson

Albert Einstein

Fi#h (5th) Solvay Congress, Brussels, October 24-29, 1927

Front Row L-R: Irving Langmuir, American Chemist (1881-1957) 1932 Nobel Prize for Chemistry Max Planck, German Physicist (1858-1947) 1918 Nobel Prize for Physics Marie Curie, Polish-French Chemist (1867-1934) 1903, 1911 Nobel Prizes for Chemistry Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Dutch Physicist (1853-1928) 1902 Nobel Prize for Physics Albert Einstein, German-Swiss-American Physicist (1879-1955) 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics Paul Langevin, French Chemist (1872-1946) Charles Eugene Guye, Swiss Physicist (1866-1942) Charles Thompson Rees Wilson, Scoqsh Physicist (1869-1959) 1927 Nobel Prize for Physics Owen Willans Richardson, English Physicist (1879-1959) 1928 Nobel Prize for Physics Middle row L-R: Peter Debye, German Physicist (1884-1966) - 1936 Nobel Prize for Chemistry MarCn Hans ChrisCan Knudsen, Danish Physicist (1871-1949) William Lawrence Bragg, Australian-English Physicist (1890-1971) 1915 Nobel Prize for Physics Hendrik Anthony Kramers, Dutch Physicist (1894-1952) Paul Dirac, Dutch-English Physicist (1902-1984) - 1933 Nobel Prize for Physics Arthur Holly Compton, American Physicist (1892-1962) 1927 Nobel Prize for Physics Louis deBroglie, French Physicist (1892-1987) 1929 Nobel Prize for Physics Max Born, German Physicist (1882-1970) 1954 Nobel Prize for Physics Niels Bohr, Danish Physicist (1885-1962) 1922 Nobel Prize for Physics Back Row L-R: Auguste Piccard, Swiss Inventor (1884-1962) mile Henriot, French Physicist (1889-1961) Paul Ehrenfest, Austrian Physicist and MathemaCcian (1880-1933) Edouard Herzen, Belgian Chemist (1877-1936) Thophile de Donder, Belgian Chemist (1873-1957) Erwin Schrdinger, Austrian-German Physicist (1887-1961) - 1933 Nobel Prize for Physics Emile Verschaelt, Dutch Physicist (1870-1946) Wolfgang Pauli, Austrian-American Physicist (1900-1958) - 1945 Nobel Prize for Physics Werner Heisenberg, German Physicist (1901-1976) 1932 Nobel Prize for Physics Ralph Howard Fowler, BriCsh Physicist and Astronomer (1889-1944) Louis Brillouin, French Physicist and MathemaCcian (1854-1948) Absent: William Henry Bragg, English Physicist and MathemaCcian (1862-1942) 1915 Nobel Prize for Physics Henri Alexandre Deslandres, French Physicist and Astrophysicist (1853-1948) Edmund van Aubel, Belgian MathemaCcian (1864-unknown)