PRESS RELEASE (96)63                       26th July 1994


        NATO ASSEMBLES WORLD'S LEADING PHYSICISTS


Starting 29th July many of the Principal architects of
modern physics will gather together under NATO auspices
in the mountain-top Sicilian town of Erice which, legend
has it, is named after the son of Venus and Neptune who
founded it more than three thousand years ago.



Some sixty leading scientists, including eight Nobel
prizewinners, from both NATO and non-NATO nations as well
as from the former Soviet Union, will exchange views on
such subjects as quantum electrodynamics, supergravity
and superconductivity. Conference will review the key
experimental discoveries and theoretical breakthroughs of
the last 50 years that have led to our present day

understanding of the make-up of matter. They will bandy
about such terms as quarks and leptons which, while not
part of everyday speech, hold our universe together.


In accordance with a well-established tradition, this
NATO Advanced Research Workshop will not only include
first-hand accounts by the authors of great scientific
achievements but will provide opportunities for talented
young physicists to rub shoulders with the principal
scientists that have shaped modern science. Indeed the
conference will also serve to highlight the many
unanswered questions which remain for this new generation
of physicists.


This NATO Advanced Research Workshop is a continuation of
a long-standing programme in NATO to enhance security
through scientific dialogue and to encourage the peaceful
exploitation of scientific skills and discoveries.



The conference will take place from 29th July-4th August
at the Ettore Majorana Centre for Scientific Culture in
Erice, Italy. For further information please call Prof.
A. Zichichi, Director of the Centre, tel.+39 923 869 133.