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Theoretical physics in the Alps

DEC 01, 1951
A unique summer school for students of theoretical physics opened its doors for the first time last summer high in the French Alps. The author, one of the participants, is at present at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay.

DOI: 10.1063/1.3067099

Bryce Seligman DeWitt

On a mountainside overlooking the valley of Chamonix, in the heart of the French Alps, the initial phase of what promises to be an extremely successful experiment in international learning has just been brought to a close. Some twenty‐five students, from eleven nations, have spent eight weeks together with a select group of professors in intensive study of basic topics in modern theoretical physics. The students and professors have been guests of the Direction de l’Enseignement Supérieur Français at a new school which is presently under the administration of the University of Grenoble.

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Bryce Seligman DeWitt. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay, India.

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Volume 4, Number 12

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