Nuclear physics: A report on the Paris conference

MAR 01, 1965

The Conference on Nuclear Physics was organized under the sponsorship of UNESCO and the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics. It was held July 2–8, 1964, in the UNESCO Palace in Paris. Dr. Danos is a physicist in the Radiation Physics Division of the National Bureau of Standards.

DOI: 10.1063/1.3047264

Michael Danos

Being an affair organized on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the discovery of artificial radioactivity by Frederick and Irene Joliot‐Curie, the Paris Conference on Nuclear Physics had, and was supposed to have, aspects of both a conference and of a show. Several factors contributed to its eminent success as a conference. In chronological order of impact, the first of these was the elevated spirits induced, at least for non‐Parisians, just by the magic of Paris. The second was the excellence of the facilities and of the organization. The third was the high quality of the papers and, in general, of their presentation. The last, but in the end the most important, factor was the impression of the vitality, one even may say rebirth, of nuclear physics as a field.

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Michael Danos, National Bureau of Standards.