Solvay Conference
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Ernest Solvay
- Country
- Belgium
- Located in
- Brussels
- Official website
- www.solvayinstitutes.be/html/solvayconference.html
- Image
- Third Solvay Conference, 1921.jpg
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- Commons category
- Solvay conference
- Commons gallery
- Solvay Conference
- inception
- 1911-00-00
- sponsor
- King of the Belgians
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Encyclopedic overview
Photograph of the first conference, 2 November, 1911, at the Hotel MetropoleSeated (L–R): W. Nernst, M. Brillouin, E. Solvay, H. Lorentz, E. Warburg, J. Perrin, W. Wien, M. Skłodowska-Curie, and H. Poincaré.Standing (L–R): R. Goldschmidt, M. Planck, H. Rubens, A. Sommerfeld, F. Lindemann, M. de Broglie, M. Knudsen, F. Hasenöhrl, G. Hostelet, E. Herzen, J. H. Jeans, E. Rutherford, H. Kamerlingh Onnes, A. Einstein and P. Langevin.
The Solvay Conferences (French: Congrès Solvay) have been devoted to preeminent unsolved problems in both physics and chemistry. They began with the historic invitation-only 1911 Solvay Conference on Physics, considered a turning point in the world of physics, and are ongoing.
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