SOLVAY INSTITUTES

Did you ever wonder just how information is shared and spread throughout the scientific community?  Of course, when breakthroughs are completed, papers are written and placed in scientific journals.  How is it that there are scientists working on the same projects in different countries at the same time?  Is it all a coincidence?  Aren't all these people interested in getting their name put in the history books as discoverer or designer of a worldwide scientific breakthrough?  Shouldn't they help each other?

In 1911,  a scientist named Ernest Solvay held a conference in his native Belgium to which all the great scientists of the time were invited.  They came and shared their work with each other and so it began. It was here that connections were made and important information exchanged.  It helped speed us into the scientific era in which we now live.

The International Solvay Institute for Physics was founded in 1912.   A year later, a similar institute for chemistry was founded.  They merged in 1963 to cover both physics and chemistry.  Aside from the exchange of information, the Institute fosters interest in their work with the public and future scientists.

It is through cooperation that the greatest advances are made.  Don't work alone.
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