@Science_George@mastodon.world
2026-10-24 20:00 UTC
Hey, Mastodonverse!
Recognize this famous photograph?
These 29 scientists (17 of whom were/became Nobel laureates) gathered together here for the 5th Solvay International Conference on Physics, which started 99 years ago today, running from October 24th to 29th back in 1927.
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@Science_George@mastodon.world 2026-10-24 20:01
This conference notably featured the conflicting views of Albert Einstein with Niels Bohr. Einstein was biased against the idea that the universe really conformed to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, claiming "God does not play dice with the universe.", which prompted 2/