Program and participants

1. From classical mechanics to quantum mechanics

• Schrödinger and Umdeutung: Jürgen Renn (MPIWG, Berlin)

• The necessity of quantum mechanics: Olivier Darrigol (CNRS, Paris)

2. New perspectives on the birth of quantum mechanics

• From the perspective of solid-state physics: Christian Joas (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich)

• From the point of view of the Sommerfeld school: Suman Seth (Cornell)

3. History of interpretations of quantum mechanics

• 20s & 30s: Guido Bacciagaluppi (Aberdeen)

• 50s through 70s: Olival Freire (Bahia Brasil)

4. History of entanglement

• Theory: Jos Uffink (Minnesota)

• Experiment: Edward Fry (Texas A&M)

5. Quantum field theory I

• 20s & 30s: Christoph Lehner (MPIWG, Berlin)

• 40s & 50s: Alexander Blum (MPIWG, Berlin)

6. Quantum field theory II

• In particle physics: Anthony Duncan (University of Pittsburgh)

• In condensed-matter physics (i): Gordon Baym (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

• In condensed-matter physics (ii): Philip W. Anderson (Princeton)

Discussants

• Clayton Gearhart (St. John’s, Minnesota)

• Michel Janssen (Minnesota)

• Roger Stuewer (Minnesota)

Non-speaking Board members

• Geoffrey Hellman (Minnesota)

• Don Howard (Notre Dame)

• John Norton (Pittsburgh)

• Serge Rudaz (Minnesota)

• Philip Stamp (Vancouver)

• Bill Unruh (Vancouver)

• Bob Wald (Chicago)

Participants