The Shelter Island Conference

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Shelter_Island_Conference

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:conference
gptkbp:dateHeld	June 2–4, 1947
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Pocono_Conference
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The Shelter Island Conference
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Shelter_Island,_New_York,_USA
gptkbp:notableAchievement	advancement of quantum field theory discussion of Lamb shift stimulated development of renormalization
gptkbp:notableParticipant	gptkb:Edward_Teller gptkb:Hans_Bethe gptkb:Isidor_Isaac_Rabi gptkb:J._Robert_Oppenheimer gptkb:John_Archibald_Wheeler gptkb:John_von_Neumann gptkb:Julian_Schwinger gptkb:Richard_Feynman gptkb:Willis_Lamb
gptkbp:organizedBy	gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:participants	gptkb:Abraham_Pais gptkb:David_Bohm gptkb:Edward_Teller gptkb:George_Placzek gptkb:Gregory_Breit gptkb:Hans_Bethe gptkb:Harold_Urey gptkb:Hendrik_Kramers gptkb:Isidor_Isaac_Rabi gptkb:J._Robert_Oppenheimer gptkb:John_Archibald_Wheeler gptkb:John_Hasbrouck_Van_Vleck gptkb:John_von_Neumann gptkb:Julian_Schwinger gptkb:Melba_Phillips gptkb:Polykarp_Kusch gptkb:Richard_Feynman gptkb:Robert_Marshak gptkb:Robert_Serber gptkb:Victor_Weisskopf gptkb:Willis_Lamb gptkb:Llewellyn_Thomas gptkb:Henry_A._Bethe gptkb:Alfred_L._Nier 24
gptkbp:precededBy	wartime scientific meetings
gptkbp:significance	marked the beginning of postwar theoretical physics in the US
gptkbp:sponsor	gptkb:Carnegie_Institution_of_Washington
gptkbp:topic	nuclear physics particle physics quantum electrodynamics
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Shelter_Island,_New_York,_USA
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6