Item #23288 [ Solvay Conference In Physics #3 ] Atomes et Electrons Rapports et Discussions du Conseil de Physique Tenu A Bruxelles De 1st au 6 Avril 1921 Sous Les Auspices De L'Institut International De Physique Solvay. H. A. Lorentz, chair.
[ Solvay Conference In Physics #3 ] Atomes et Electrons Rapports et Discussions du Conseil de Physique Tenu A Bruxelles De 1st au 6 Avril 1921 Sous Les Auspices De L'Institut International De Physique Solvay

[ Solvay Conference In Physics #3 ] Atomes et Electrons Rapports et Discussions du Conseil de Physique Tenu A Bruxelles De 1st au 6 Avril 1921 Sous Les Auspices De L'Institut International De Physique Solvay

Paris: Gauthier-Villars Et Cie 1923. First Edition. VI, [2], 271, [3] pages. Half leather over marbled boards, worn at the corners and head/tail of spine. Marbled endpapers. 8vo. Pages browned throughout, edges approaching brittle. Corners worn. Binding sound. Text in French. Very Good. Boards. [23288]


The Solvay conferences are important gatherings conducted by the International Solvay Institutes for Physics and Chemistry in Brussels. They have been held from 1911 through 2011 (the 25th conference held), most often every three years, and are intended as a forum for scientists to discuss major topics and possible solutions facing the international community in the fields of physics and chemistry. Each conference is very exclusive - by invitation - and is attended by roughly 30 scientists (the photograph for this conference has 25 participants in it including Bragg, De Haas, Brillouin, Perrin, Langevin, Zeeman, de Broglie, Lorentz, Rutherford, Millikan and Curie).

This book documents the third physics conference and the first held after World War I. Many German scientists were banned from attending due to war considerations, and Einstein in protest turned down his invitation. Even so there were many important contributions. Mehra (The Solvay Conferences on Physics) notes that the conference had to deal with two primary types of questions: "first, to discuss the justification for the new atomic model and, second, whether phenomena like the photoelectric effect or superconductivity could be satisfactorily explained by the new tools." Rutherford's nuclear model was core to this, as was Bohr's atomic theory. Rutherford led with a long paper on the structure of the atom. De Broglie, Millikan, Bragg, Haas and others also spoke. A paper by Bohr was read (he was sick and could not attend), and a paper not read at the conference was included in the proceedings by R. A. Millikan. Reports were given on recent experimental results and discussions ensued after each presentation.

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