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AT the beginning of the War, a number of scientific men in England and France became conscious of the lack of close knowledge and contact between the science and scientific workers of the two countries. As a result, they founded in April 1940 an Anglo-French Society of Sciences to assist the removal of this lack of mutual knowledge. The Society was organized in two groups, under the presidencies of Prof. P. A. M. Dirac and Prof. F. Joliot. The occupation of France interrupted normal proceedings, but during the occupation some members became very prominent in the French resistance movement. The liberation of France has enabled the Society to hold its first conference, which was on the topic of "The Solid State", and was held in London on January 20 at the Society for Visiting Scientists. Prof. F. Joliot and Mme. Irene Curie-Joliot travelled from France to take part in the proceedings, and were accompanied by Prof. Wyart, Dr. J. Laval and Dr. Mathieu. Papers were read at the conference by Prof. N. F. Mott, Sir Geoffrey Taylor, Dr. Laval, Dr. Mathieu, Dr. Guinier, Prof. Wyart and others.
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Anglo-French Society of Sciences. Nature 155, 139 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155139b0
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