This conference gathered the greatest number of genius minds.
The 5th conference of solvay, on electrons and photons (1927), discussed on the then newly formulated quantum theory, with dominant personalities such as Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr (Einstein-Bohr debate). 17 of the 29 participants owned or received the Nobel Prize.
These were the members:
• Peter Debye
• Irving Langmuir
• Martin Knudsen
• Auguste Piccard
• Max Planck
• William Lawrence Bragg
• Émile Henriot
• Paul ehrenfest
• Marie Curie
• Hendrik Anthony Kramer
• Edouard hearts
• Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (Presidente)
• Théophile of donder
• Paul dirac
• Albert Einstein
• Erwin Schrödinger
• Arthur Holly Compton
• Jules-émile verschaffelt
• Paul Langevin
• Louis-Victor de broglie
• Charles-eugène guye
• Wolfgang Pauli
• Werner Heisenberg
• Max Born
• Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
• Ralph Howard Fowler
• Léon Brillouin
• Niels Bohr
• Owen Willans Richardson
• William Henry Bragg (absent in photo)
• Henri-Alexander Deslandres (absent in the photo)
• Edmond Van Aubel (absent in photo)
Missing genius: Nikola Tesla