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Industrialist Ernest Solvay gathered the world's top physicists to tackle quantum theory's central puzzles, establishing the model for elite scientific conferences.

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The Solvay Conferences have been devoted to preeminent unsolved problems in both physics and chemistry. They began with the historic invitation-only 1911 Solvay Conference on Physics, considered a turning point in the world of physics, and are ongoing.

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