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DIPC assembles internationally renowned figures to celebrate 100 years since Albert Einstein’sannus mirabilis.

On September 5th, 2005, the city of Donostia-San Sebastian hosted an extraordinary gatheringto celebrate the centenary of one of the yearswhich marked the 20th century, as well as thehistory of humankind: the annus mirabilis ofAlbert Einstein. Under the auspices of DIPC, over750 attendants from the world over, and some2000 following the event online, shared theexperience and insight of six Nobel laureates, andthirteen other leading experts on the figure ofEinstein and the impact of his work on modernphysics and philosophy.

The program, which was aimed at an educatedbut non specialist audience, attracted public fromall age, social and professional groups, dispellingany doubts over the interest of citizens for theintellectual adventure of science, and its reper-cussions in modern life. Moreover, six monthsafter the event, the number of visits to the officialconference website to view the various contribu-tions exceeded 100,000.

The event, which was inaugurated by the BasquePresident, Juan José Ibarretxe, was followed by akeynote lecture by Nobel laureate Claude Cohen-

Tannoudji who elaborated on the subject of Bose-Einstein condensates. Other notable contribu-tions by Nobel laureates Sheldon Lee Glashow,Dudley Herschbach, Antony Hewish, Jean-MarieLehn and Heinrich Rohrer, were accompanied byoutstanding speeches by Ignacio Cirac, FernandoFlores, Alberto Galindo, Gerald Holton, AmandLucas, Arthur Miller, Pedro Pascual, Rafael Rebolo,José Manuel Sanchez Ron, John Stachel, CliffordWill, Francisco Yndurain and Anton Zeilinger.

The scientific program was accompanied by asocial and cultural complement including a con-cert with Einstein’s favorite pieces, cultural visits,and a session of Basque verse making, whichrevealed some of the special features associatedwith the Basque Country.

The four day conference resulted in the union ofall participants in the enthusiastic appreciation forscience as a supreme human endeavor.

The organizing committee wishes to express theirthanks to all those who took part in the success ofthe event, with a special mention to the patrons ofDIPC who made the celebration possible. g

GLOBAL APPEALIN SAN SEBASTIAN

C O N T R I B U T I O N S

I. Cirac Quantum Information Theory: Challenges and Perspectives

C. Cohen-Tannoudji Bose Einstein Condensates: A New Form of Matter

F. Flores Matter and Form

A. Galindo Einstein and time

S.L. Glashow What is a Unified Theory?

D. Herschbach Brownian Motion and Molecular Motors

A. Hewish Pulsar Physics and Testing Einstein

G. Holton Einstein: Who he thought he was, and why he is still so alive today

J.-M. Lehn Steps Towards Complex Matter: Information, Self Organization and Adaptation in Chemical Systems

A.A. Lucas Einstein and Diffusion Phenomena that Changed the Course of Human Affairs

A.I. Miller Einstein, Picasso: Space, Time and the Beauty that Causes Havoc

P. Pascual Einstein and the Light Quanta

R. Rebolo Lopez Origin and Evolution of the Universe: The Challenges of Cosmology

H. Rohrer Nano is Different

J.M. Sanchez Ron Einstein and Philosophy in the 20th Century

J.J. Stachel Einstein’s Greatest Dream —A Background— Independent Physics

C.M. Will Was Einstein Right? The Confrontation between General Relativity and Experiment

F.J. Yndurain Relativity, Photons and Particles

A. Zeilinger Einstein and the Quantum World Today

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ChairmenProf. A. Galindo (Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain)Prof. P.M. Echenique (Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Spain)

OrganizersDr. U. Ugalde (Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Spain)Prof. J.J. Iruin (Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Spain)

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The President of the Basque Country, Juan José Ibarretxe (center right) opened the sessions. The keynote lecture was given by Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (fourth from left)

and a Welcoming Reception followed in the foyer of Kursaal Auditorium.

The speakers gather outside Hotel Londres: (back row) Profs. Rohrer, Lucas, Miller, Glashow, Yndurain, Herschbach, Zeilinger and Flores, and (front row) Profs. Holton, Hewish,

Cohen-Tannoudji, Stachel, Cirac, Pascual and Rebolo.

Unai Ugalde presents Sheldon Lee Glashow

Arantxa Arbe and Juan Colmenero

Pedro Echenique with Antony and Georgene Hewish

Arthur I. Miller

John Jay Stachel

Rafael Rebolo Lopez

Anton Zeilinger

Pedro Echenique with Henrich RohrerAmand Lucas greets Andoni Luis Aduriz

Gerald Holton accompanied byhis wife, Nina

Dudley Herschbach and Francisco José Yndurain

Pedro Pascual with Ignacio Cirac andJosé María Fernández de Labastida

Clifford Will

Alberto Galindo opens the conferencewith President Ibarretxe

Juan José Iruin