Mehra J. The Solvay Conferences on Physics: Aspects of the development of physics since 1911

Reidel Pub. Co., 1975. — 415 p. — With a foreword by Werner Heisenberg.Jagdish Mehra's historical account of the Solvay Conferences from 1911 to 1973 demonstrates not only the great influence which these conferences have had on the development of modern physics, but it also shows clearly how far-sighted and wellplanned were the intentions of Ernest Solvay when he took the initiative for organizing a new type of international conferences. In contrast to the conventional meetings in which reports are given on the successful solution of scientific problems, the Solvay Conferences were conceived to help directly in solving specific problems of unusual difficulty.