The 1927 Solvay Conference in Brussels is often regarded as the most intelligent picture ever taken and marked the point when the full quantum mechanics framework had evolved from old quantum theory, attributed to both Heisenberg and Schrödinger.

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Jim Al-Khalili

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[6:05] Quantum mechanics culminated in this famous conference, the fifth Solve conference uh on physics held in Brussels in 1927. Very often this photograph is regarded as the most intelligent picture ever taken.

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The mind-bending reality of quantum mechanics - with Jim Al KhaliliThe Royal Institution
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