tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16693931.post113766905888538277..comments2024-02-12T17:31:58.684+01:00Comments on Jonstraveladventures: Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11667852535983804885noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16693931.post-1137759398764283632006-01-20T13:16:00.000+01:002006-01-20T13:16:00.000+01:00The first plans were for a medical research centre...The first plans were for a medical research centre. The story of how it turned into what it is, is a long but interesting one and I really advise reading the book. Einstein was the first professor enlisted by the institute so I think that since then it has always maintained a strict policy of research with little teaching.<BR/><BR/>When you were there did you enjoy the isolation or was it too much? Did you find it conducive to producing good work?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11667852535983804885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16693931.post-1137680706940378882006-01-19T15:25:00.000+01:002006-01-19T15:25:00.000+01:00When last year I was at the Institute attending Pi...When last year I was at the Institute attending PiTP, we're told that the institute actually was originally planned as a school for teachers. As far as I know, it became what it is only later, because of Einstein and all the others founding fathers of modern physics.<BR/><BR/>Speaking of the isolation, either one studies there or one studies. It's one of the most isolated, self-contained physics institute I've ever been. Probably Ecole Polythechnique (pardon the spelling) is either more isolated but at least it's not only physics.Lucahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07493787495591870529noreply@blogger.com