Albert Einstein Medal
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The Albert Einstein Medal is an award presented by the Albert Einstein Society
in Bern. First given in 1979, the award is presented to people who have "rendered outstanding services" in connection with Albert Einstein
each year.
Albert Einstein Society
The Albert Einstein Society was founded on 28 June 1977 by Dr Max Flückiger. It is located in Bern, Switzerland and is most noted for awarding the Einstein Medal. This medal is awarded to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to science that is related to the work of Albert Einstein....
in Bern. First given in 1979, the award is presented to people who have "rendered outstanding services" in connection with Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history...
each year.
Recipients
- 2011 - Adam RiessAdam RiessAdam Guy Riess is an American astrophysicist at Johns Hopkins University and the Space Telescope Science Institute and is widely known for his research in using supernovae as Cosmological Probes. Riess shared both the 2006 Shaw Prize in Astronomy and the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics with Saul...
, Saul PerlmutterSaul PerlmutterSaul Perlmutter is an American astrophysicist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of... - 2010 - Hermann Nicolai
- 2009 - Kip ThorneKip ThorneKip Stephen Thorne is an American theoretical physicist, known for his prolific contributions in gravitation physics and astrophysics and for having trained a generation of scientists...
- 2008 - Beno EckmannBeno EckmannBeno Eckmann was a Swiss mathematician who was a student of Heinz Hopf.Born in Bern, Eckmann received his master's degree from Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich in 1931. Later he studied there under Heinz Hopf, obtaining his Ph.D. in 1941...
- 2007 - Reinhard GenzelReinhard GenzelReinhard Genzel is a German astrophysicist.-Life:Genzel studied physics at the University of Bonn where he did his PhD in 1978 and, in the same year, his OhD thesis on radioastronomy at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy...
- 2006 - Gabriele VenezianoGabriele VenezianoGabriele Veneziano, born in Florence, Italy), is an Italian theoretical physicist and the founder of string theory. . Has spent most of his scientific activities at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland...
- 2005 - Murray Gell-MannMurray Gell-MannMurray Gell-Mann is an American physicist and linguist who received the 1969 Nobel Prize in physics for his work on the theory of elementary particles...
- 2004 - Michel MayorMichel MayorDr. Michel G. E. Mayor is a Swiss astrophysicist and professor emeritus at the University of Geneva's Department of Astronomy. He formally retired in 2007, but remains active as a researcher at the Observatory of Geneva...
- 2003 - George F. Smoot
- 2001 - Johannes Geiss, Hubert ReevesHubert Reeves-External links: *...
- 2000 - Gustav TammannGustav TammannGustav Andreas Tammann was the director of the Astronomical Institute of the University of Basel, Switzerland, European Space Agency member of the Space Telescope Advisory Team, and Member of Council of the European Southern Observatory. His research interests include supernovae and the...
- 1999 - Friedrich HirzebruchFriedrich HirzebruchFriedrich Ernst Peter Hirzebruch is a German mathematician, working in the fields of topology, complex manifolds and algebraic geometry, and a leading figure in his generation.-Life:He was born in Hamm, Westphalia...
- 1998 - Claude NicollierClaude NicollierClaude Nicollier is the first astronaut from Switzerland, and has flown on four Space Shuttle missions. His first spaceflight was in 1992, and his final spaceflight was in 1999. He took part in two servicing missions to the Hubble Space Telescope...
- 1996 - Thibault DamourThibault DamourThibault Damour is a French physicist.He is a professor of theoretical physics at the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques since 1989....
- 1995 - Chen Ning Yang
- 1994 - Irwin Shapiro
- 1993 - Max Flückiger, Adolf Meichle
- 1992 - Peter BergmannPeter BergmannPeter Gabriel Bergmann was a German-American physicist best known for his work with Albert Einstein on a unified field theory encompassing all physical interactions...
- 1991 - Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr.Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr.Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr. is an American astrophysicist and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his discovery with Russell Alan Hulse of a "new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation."...
- 1990 - Roger PenroseRoger PenroseSir Roger Penrose OM FRS is an English mathematical physicist and Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College...
- 1989 - Markus FierzMarkus FierzMarkus Eduard Fierz was a Swiss physicist, particularly remembered for his formulation of Spin-statistics theorem, and for his contributions to the development of quantum theory, particle physics, and statistical mechanics...
- 1988 - John Archibald WheelerJohn Archibald WheelerJohn Archibald Wheeler was an American theoretical physicist who was largely responsible for reviving interest in general relativity in the United States after World War II. Wheeler also worked with Niels Bohr in explaining the basic principles behind nuclear fission...
- 1987 - Jeanne HerschJeanne HerschJeanne Hersch was a Swiss philosopher of Polish origin, whose works dealt with the concept of freedom.She studied under the existentialist Karl Jaspers in Germany in the early 1930s...
- 1986 - Rudolf Mössbauer
- 1985 - Edward WittenEdward WittenEdward Witten is an American theoretical physicist with a focus on mathematical physics who is currently a professor of Mathematical Physics at the Institute for Advanced Study....
- 1984 - Victor Weisskopf
- 1983 - Hermann BondiHermann BondiSir Hermann Bondi, KCB, FRS was an Anglo-Austrian mathematician and cosmologist. He is best known for developing the steady-state theory of the universe with Fred Hoyle and Thomas Gold as an alternative to the Big Bang theory, but his most lasting legacy will probably be his important...
- 1982 - Friedrich Wahlen
- 1979 - Stephen HawkingStephen HawkingStephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA is an English theoretical physicist and cosmologist, whose scientific books and public appearances have made him an academic celebrity...
See also
- Albert Einstein AwardAlbert Einstein AwardThe Albert Einstein Award was an award in theoretical physics that was established to recognize high achievement in the natural sciences. It was endowed by the Lewis and Rosa Strauss Memorial Fund in honor of Albert Einstein's 70th birthday...
, (Lewis and Rosa Strauss Memorial Fund) - Albert Einstein World Award of ScienceAlbert Einstein World Award of ScienceThe Albert Einstein World Award for Science is a yearly award given by the World Cultural Council "as a means of recognition, and as an incentive to scientific and technological research and development", with special consideration for researches which "have brought true benefit and well being to...
, (World Cultural Council) - Einstein PrizeEinstein Prize (APS)The Einstein Prize is a biennial prize, awarded by the American Physical Society since 2003. The recipient is chosen for "outstanding accomplishments in the field of gravitational physics". The prize is named after Albert Einstein , who authored the theories of special and general relativity. The...
, (American Physical Society)
External links
- Albert Einstein Medal Laureates from the awarding society's official webpage.