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Encyclopedia > Albert Einstein Award

The Albert Einstein Award (sometimes called the Albert Einstein Medal because it is accompanied with a gold medal) is 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. It was first awarded in 1951 and included a prize money of $15,000,[1][2] which was later reduced to $5,000.[3][4] The winner is selected by a committee (the first of which consisted of Einstein, Oppenheimer, von Neumann and Weyl [5]) of the Institute for Advanced Study, which administers the award.[2] Lewis L. Strauss used to be one of the trustees of the institute.[6] Theoretical physics employs mathematical models and abstractions of physics in an attempt to explain experimental data taken of the natural world. ... “Einstein” redirects here. ... “Einstein” redirects here. ... J. Robert Oppenheimer[1] (April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist, best known for his role as the director of the Manhattan Project, the World War II effort to develop the first nuclear weapons, at the secret Los Alamos laboratory in New Mexico. ... For other persons named John Neumann, see John Neumann (disambiguation). ... Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl (November 9, 1885 – December 9, 1955) was a German mathematician. ... Fuld Hall The Institute for Advanced Study, located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States, is one of the world’s leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. ... Categories: People stubs | U.S. Secretaries of Commerce | 1896 births | 1974 deaths ...


This award should not be confused with many others named after the famous physicist, such as the Albert Einstein World Award of Science given by the World Cultural Council (since 1984), the Albert Einstein Medal given by the Albert Einstein Society (since 1979), nor with the Hans Albert Einstein Award, named after his son and given by the American Society of Civil Engineers (since 1988).[7] It was established much earlier than these, when Einstein was still alive and was a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study. It has been called "the highest of its kind in the United States" by The New York Times.[8] It has also been considered as "the prestigious equivalent of a Nobel Prize".[9] The 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 mankind. The award... The Albert Einstein Medal is an award presented by the Albert Einstein Society in Bern. ... The Albert Einstein Society was founded on 28th June 1977 by Dr Max Flückiger. ... Hans Albert Einstein (May 14, 1904 – July 26, 1973) was a Professor of hydraulic engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and the first son of renowned physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955) and his first wife Mileva Marić (1875-1948). ... “ASCE” redirects here. ... The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed internationally. ... The Nobel Prize (Swedish: ) was established in Alfred Nobels will in 1895, and it was first awarded in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace in 1901. ...


Recipients

1978 : Stephen Hawking [9]
1972 : Eugene Wigner [10]
1970 : Yuval Ne'eman [11]
1967 : Marshall Rosenbluth [4]
1965 : John Archibald Wheeler [12]
1961 : Luis W. Alvarez [3]
1959 : Willard F. Libby [13]
1958 : Edward Teller [14]
1954 : Richard P. Feynman [2]
1951 : Kurt Gödel [15] and Julian Schwinger [1]

Stephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA, (born 8 January 1942) is a British theoretical physicist. ... Eugene Wigner Eugene Paul Wigner (Hungarian Wigner Pál JenÅ‘) (November 17, 1902 – January 1, 1995) was a Hungarian physicist and mathematician who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963 for his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the elementary particles, particularly through the discovery and... Yuval Neeman (May 14, 1925 – April 26, 2006), was an Israeli physicist and politician. ... Marshall Nicholas Rosenbluth (5 February 1927–-28 September 2003) was an American nuclear physicist. ... John Archibald Wheeler (July 9, 1911–April 13, 2008) was an eminent American theoretical physicist. ... Luis Walter Alvarez (June 13, 1911 – September 1, 1988) of San Francisco, California, USA, was a famed physicist who worked at the University of California, Berkeley. ... Willard Frank Libby (December 17, 1908 – September 8, 1980) was an American chemist, famous for his role in the development of radiocarbon dating, a process which revolutionised archaeology. ... Edward Teller (original Hungarian name Teller Ede) (January 15, 1908 – September 9, 2003) was a Hungarian-born American theoretical physicist, known colloquially as the father of the hydrogen bomb, even though he did not care for the title. ... This article is about the physicist. ... Kurt Gödel (IPA: ) (April 28, 1906 Brünn, Austria-Hungary (now Brno, Czech Republic) – January 14, 1978 Princeton, New Jersey) was an Austrian American mathematician and philosopher. ... Julian Seymour Schwinger (February 12, 1918 -- July 16, 1994) was an American theoretical physicist. ...

Sources

  1. ^ a b Biography of J. Schwinger from University of St Andrews, MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive (Last accessed Dec. 17, 2006).
  2. ^ a b c The Month at Caltech, April 1954 issue, p. 20 (Last accessed on September 4, 2007).
  3. ^ a b (1962) The Americana Annual 1962 : An Encyclopedia of the Events of 1961. Americana Corporation. ISSN 0196-0180. 
  4. ^ a b (1968) Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1967. Scientific and Technical Information Branch, NASA. ISSN 0519-2366. 
  5. ^ Sigmund, Dawson, Muhlberger (2006). Kurt Godel: The Album. ISBN 3834801739. 
  6. ^ Report of the Director for 1948-53, Institute for Advanced Studies, p. 30 (1954). (pdf file last accessed on September 6, 2007).
  7. ^ Details about the Hans Albert Einstein Award, from the ASCE website (Last accessed on September 11, 2007).
  8. ^ New Scientist magazine, EBSCO Publishing, vol. 77, p. 272, 1978.
  9. ^ a b White, Gribbin (2002). Stephen Hawking: A Life in Science. ISBN 0309084105. 
  10. ^ Science magazine, vol. 176, p. 896, 1972.
  11. ^ (1971) The World Book Year Book: An Annual Supplement to the World Book. ISBN 071660471X.  p. 217
  12. ^ (1980) McGraw-Hill Modern Scientists and Engineers. ISBN 0070452660.  p. 302.
  13. ^ Biography of W. F. Libby at nobelprize.org (Last accessed May 13, 2008).
  14. ^ Edward Teller—Awards & Degrees from LLNL website (Last accessed Feb. 11, 2007).
  15. ^ (1987) Biographical Memoirs V.56. National Academy Press, 134-179. ISBN 0309036933. 

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Albert Einstein Award - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (139 words)
The Albert Einstein Award is a prestigious award in theoretical physics, named after the famous physicist Albert Einstein.
It was first awarded in 1951 and included a prize money of $15,000.
This should not be confused with the Albert Einstein World Award of Science given by the World Cultural Council (since 1984), the Albert Einstein Medal given by the Albert Einstein Society (since 1979), nor with the Hans Albert Einstein Award given by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
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