The Boltzmann Medal is the most important prize awarded to physicists that obtain new results concerning statistical mechanics; it is named after the celebrated physicist Ludwig Boltzmann. The Boltzmann Medal is awarded once every three years by the Commission on Statistical Physics of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, during a plenary conference concerning statisical physics. ... Statistical mechanics is the application of probability theory, which includes mathematical tools for dealing with large populations, to the field of mechanics, which is concerned with the motion of particles or objects when subjected to a force. ... Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann (Vienna, Austrian Empire, February 20, 1844 – Duino near Trieste, September 5, 1906) was an Austrian physicist famous for his founding contributions in the fields of statistical mechanics and statistical thermodynamics. ...

The award consists of a gilded medal; its front carries the inscription Ludwig Boltzmann, 1844--1906.

Winners

All the winners are influent physicists or mathematicians whose contribution to statistical physics have been relevant in the past decades. Leonhard Euler is considered by many to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is the person whose primary area of study and research is the field of mathematics. ...

• Kenneth G. Wilson, 1975
• Ryogo Kubo, 1977
• Rodney J. Baxter, 1980
• Michael E. Fisher, 1983
• David Ruelle and Yakov G. Sinai, 1986
• Leo Kadanoff, 1989
• Joel Lebowitz and Giorgio Parisi, 1992
• Sam F. Edwards, 1995
• Elliott Lieb and Benjamin Widom, 1998
• Berni Alder and Kyozi Kawasaki, 2001.
• E. G. D. Cohen and H. Eugene Stanley, 2004

Kenneth Geddes Wilson (born June 8, 1936) is an American physicist. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Ryogo Kubo (February 15, 1920 - March 31, 1995; Japanese 久保 亮五 Kubo Ryōgo) was a Japanese physicist. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Rodney James Baxter (born February 8, 1940 in London, United Kingdom) is an Australian physicist, specializing in statistical mechanics. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Michael Ellis Fisher (born 3 September 1931 in Trinidad) is a physicist, as well as chemist and mathematician, known for his many seminal contributions to statistical physics, including but not restricted to the theory of phase transitions and critical phenomena. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... (Born August 20, 1935) Belgian-French physicist. ... Yakov G. Sinai (1935-) is a Russian- American mathematician. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Leo Kadanoff is a professor of physics (emeritus as of 2004) at the University of Chicago. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Joel L. Lebowitz (born May 10, 1930 in Taceva) is a Jewish mathematical physicists widely acknowledged for his outstanding contributions to statistical physics, statistical mechanics and many other fields of Mathematics and Physics. ... Giorgio Parisi (Rome, August 4, 1948-) is an influential Italian theoretical physicist, . He is best known for his works concerning statistical mechanics, quantum field theory and various aspects of Physics, Mathematics and Science in general. ... Media:rofl. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Professor Benjamin Widom Benjamin Widom is the Goldwin Smith Professor of Chemistry at Cornell University. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
• Information about the winners by IUPAP