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1927 The Fifth Council

Electrons and photons

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The Solvay Councils and the Birth of Modern Physics

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Following the fourth Council (24th – 28th April, 1924) whose theme was “The electrical conductivity of metals and connected problems”, came the fifth, which opened on 24th October 1927 and whose title was “Electrons and photons”. This was the first Council to which the Germans were re-admitted, and the last to take place at the Institute of Physiology.

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  1. Faculté des Sciences — CP 230, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Boulevard du Triomphe, B-1050, Bruxelles, Belgium

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  2. Institut de Philosophie — CP 175, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 50 av. F. D. Roosevelt, B-1050, Bruxelles, Belgium

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Marage, P., Wallenborn, G. (1999). 1927 The Fifth Council. In: Marage, P., Wallenborn, G. (eds) The Solvay Councils and the Birth of Modern Physics. Science Networks · Historical Studies, vol 22. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7703-9_9

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