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News from Switzerland

By Bernhard Braunecker. Published on 18 December 2017 in:
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The SPS-Communications are published three times per year. We report in Nr. 53 of November 2017 about the SPS annual meeting in August 2017 in Geneva, a joint meeting with the Austrian Physical Society ÖPG.

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IYL 2015 at the Zurich Science Days “Scientifica15″

By Bernhard Braunecker. Published on 20 August 2015 in:
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The Zurich Science Days “Scientifica15″ will take place from 4-6 September 2015.

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IYL2015 Activities in Switzerland

By Minh Quang Tran, Bernhard Braunecker. Published on 26 May 2015 in:
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At present, most activities International Year of Light 2015 [IYL 2015] have focussed principally on science and technology of light, and less on cultural aspects of light (though some scientific research institutes however, do foresee talks on light and arts or theology). A laudable exception was the spring concert of the choir of the Bernese Gymnasium Neufeld at end of March 2015, which was dedicated to the IYL 2015. This exceptional concert presented an interesting selection of classical music on the theme ‘Light’. Examples were the composition ’Let there be light’ for choir, brass instruments and organ by Charles E. Ives, and ‘Uncertain Light’ for double choir a capella by Robert Schumann.

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