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Radiation Theory and the Quanta

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The first Solvay Conference on Physics took place in Brussels from 30 October to 3 November 1911. Its general theme was ‘The Theory of Radiation and the Quanta’. The President of the Conference was H. A. Lorentz (Leyden, Holland), and the participants were:

  • Germany: W. Nernst (Berlin), M. Planck (Berlin), H. Rubens (Berlin), A. Sommerfeld (Munich), E. Warburg (Berlin-Charlottenburg), W. Wien (Würzburg).

  • England: J. H. Jeans (Cambridge), E. Rutherford (Manchester).

  • France: M. Brillouin, Madame Curie, P. Langevin, J. Perrin, H. Poincaré (all from Paris).

  • Austria: A. Einstein (Prague), F. Hasenöhrl (Vienna).

  • Holland: H. Kamerlingh Onnes (Leyden).

  • Denmark: Martin Knudsen (Copenhagen).

La Théorie du Rayonnement et les Quanta, Rapports et Discussions de la Réunion tenue à Bruxelles, du 30 Octobre au 3 Novembre 1911, Publiés par MM. P. Langevin et M. de Broglie, Gauthier-Villars, Paris, 1912.

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Mehra, J. (1975). Radiation Theory and the Quanta. In: The Solvay Conferences on Physics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1867-8_2

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