1927 Solvay Conference

The most known people who participated in the conference were Ervin Schrodinger, Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Auguste Piccard, Paul Dirac, Max Born, Wolfgang Pauli, Louis de Broglie, Marie Curie, Hendrik Lorentz, Albert Einstein and others.

The film opens with quick shots of Erwin Schrodinger and Niels Bohr. Auguste Piccard of the University of Brussels follows and then the camera re-focuses on Schrodinger and Bohr.

Schrodinger who developed wave mechanics never agreed with Bohr on quantum mechanics.
Solvay gave Heisenberg an opportunity to discuss his new uncertainty principle theory.
Max Born's statistical interpretation of the wave function ended determinism in atomic world.
These men - Bohr, Heisenberg, Kramers, Dirac and Born together with Born represent the founding fathers of quantum mechanics.
Louis de Broglie wrote his dissertation on the wave nature of matter which Schrodinger used as basis for wave mechanics.
Albert Einstein whose famous response to Born's statistical interpretation of wave function was "God does not play dice."

Twenty-nine physicists, the main quantum theorists of the day, came together to discuss the topic "Electrons and Photons". Seventeen of the 29 attendees were or became Nobel Prize winners.

Following is a "home movie" shot by Irving Langmuir, (the 1932 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry). It captures 2 minutes of an intermission in the proceedings. Twenty-one of the 29 attendees are on the film.

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Science & Technology

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• Einstein
• Bohr
• Heisenberg
• Schodinger
• quantum
• atom

[JulesMX9]

Cool ... Those guys are already LEGENDS...

[sborn1571]

Ich Liebe Herr Max Born. Er ist meine Familie!

[SP4LFe]

The nerd inside of me just had an mental orgasm after watching the footage and the photos with all of them.

[franknblunt]

To regard human behavior, as well as their physical condition, leads me to believe that God is indeed quite the gambler if not the cruel jester.

Shrodinger & Heisenberg proposed means for humans to grasp energy at an imperceivable scale; sure it's a construct but assists understanding within knowledge available at the time but with regard to future technology that may possibly increase detection and measurement as well as control. Still works in progress.

[franknblunt]

To regard human behavior, as well as their physical condition, leads me to believe that God is indeed quite the gambler if not the cruel jester.

Shroedinger developed the means for humans to grasp energy at an imperceivable scale; sure it's a construct but assists understanding within knowledge available at the time but with regard to future technology that may possibly increase detection and measurement as well as control. Still works in progress.

[sborn1571]

@sborn1571 That's right!

[SAAB7899]

@sborn1571 Olivia Newton John?

[GelandnaleG]

1:02

[cbgkorn]

awesome...good post!

[marcelin111]

this is beautiful

[TheImmigrantsong]

My adrenalin gets up when i see this