Les Amis de l’IHES
Les Amis de l’IHES helps to promote the cutting edge research carried out at IHES as widely as possible. They organize conferences aimed at a broad audience, to introduce current research projects and organize cultural events of a scientific nature.
Les Amis de l’IHES is an association which was created on 8 October 1998 to coincide with the Institute’s 40th anniversary celebrations. Louis Michel was Chairman until he passed away on 30 December 1999; he was succeeded by Marcel Berger, former IHES Director, by Jean-Marc Deshouillers, professor at the University Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2 and by Valentin Poénaru, former professor at the Paris-Sud University (Orsay) from 2009 until 2022. Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, former IHES Director, was appointed President on 31 May 2022.
Conference by Andrea ZOIA on April 9th, 5:30 pm
New event organized by Les Amis de l'IHES with Andrea Zoia on Wedneseday April 9th, 2025 at 5:30 pm in the Marilyn and James Simons Conference Centre and on Zoom.
New event organized by Les Amis de l’IHES on Wednesday April 9th, 2025 at 5:30 pm (French Time) at IHES
Andrea ZOIA (CEA) gave a conference in French in hybrid format, entitled:
«The Chicago Piles, a scientific adventure that changed the world »
What happened on December 2, 1942, under the bleachers of the University of Chicago’s Stagg Field stadium forever marked the history of mankind: by removing the last control bar and thus starting the “Chicago Pile”, Enrico FERMI and his colleagues demonstrated the feasibility of a controlled chain reaction. Thus they gave birth to the “nuclear age” of energy, just four years after the discovery of fission (December 1938). The vision of these pioneers had a lasting impacton the development of nuclear reactor technologies.
Zoom link to the conference:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82899632386?pwd=y8ITyDbPEXYhOLVSF8Tsad3CiXXc7r.1
Contact : Ingrid Peeters
