Les Houches School of Physics

Summer, 1972, discussion in main lecture hall. From left, Yuval Ne'eman, Bryce DeWitt, Kip Thorne, Demetrios Christodoulou.

Les Houches School of Physics (French: École de physique des Houches) is an international physics center dedicated to seasonal schools and workshops. It is located in Les Houches, France. The school was founded in 1951 by French scientist Cécile DeWitt-Morette.[1]

Between its participants there have been famous Nobel laureates in Physics like Enrico Fermi, Wolfgang Pauli, Murray Gell-Mann and John Bardeen amongst others.[1] According to former director of the school, Jean Zinn-Justin, the school is the "mother of all modern schools of physics”.[1]

Since 2017, it is a Joint Research Service (French: Unité mixte de service, UMS) of the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the Grenoble Alpes University.[2] In 2020, it was recognized as a EPS Historic Site by the European Physical Society (EPS).[1]

  1. ^ a b c d van Tiggelen, Bart (13 October 2020). "École de Physique des Houches has become EPS Historic Site". European Physical Society. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  2. ^ Alpes, Université Grenoble. "La nouvelle unité mixte de service". Newsroom - Université Grenoble Alpes (in French). Retrieved 2023-12-20.