Brussels: A constant reminder

in #steemstem7 years ago

A visit to Brussels always sends a reminder of a landmark conference in the history of science.

The 5th Solvay conference, 23-27 October, 1927 was held in Brussels.

Most of the brightest scientists the world had ever known gathered in one meeting.

It was a gathering with the highest IQ summation ever known. 17 of 29 of them were or became Nobel laureates. Albert Einstein was one of the rising stars of this conference.

Back row: A Piccard, E Henriot, P ehrenfest, E Herzen, Th De Donder, E Schroendinger, E Verschaffelt, W Pauli, W Heisenberg, R H Fowler

Middle row: P Debye, M Knudesen, W L Bragg, H A Kramers, P A M Dirac, A H Compton, L V De Broglie, M Born, N Bohr

Front row: I Langmeir, M Planck, M Curie, H A Lorentz, A Einstein, P Langevin, Ch E Guye, C T R Wilson, O W Richardson

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Photo credit: nature.com

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