To Chamonix
It’s an absolute luxury to be able to study here.”
With a steaming cup of coffee in his hand, Pablo Richard contemplates the view of Mont Blanc and the Aiguille du Midi.
“If I had to describe a dream place, this would be it.
It's all about research here.
And this frame!
It’s incredible…”
A doctoral student in astrophysics at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, the young man took the train a few days earlier towards the Chamonix valley.
It then followed a small bumpy road to its terminus, slaloming between traditional chalets.
To finally end your journey at an altitude of 1200 meters, with a breathtaking view of the Mont-Blanc massif.
It is here, on the edge of a fir forest, that the Les Houches School of Physics is located, one of the most confidential and renowned places of science in the world.
Founded in 1951 to stem the discipline's post-war decline, the school attracts hundreds of international physicists each year and has seen…
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