NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics

The Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics is jointly awarded each year by the American Astronomical Society and American Institute of Physics for outstanding work in astrophysics. It is funded by the Heineman Foundation. The American Astronomical Society (AAS) is a US society of professional astronomers and other interested individuals, headquartered in Washington, DC. The main aim of the AAS is provide a political voice for its members and organise their lobbying. ... The American Institute of Physics (AIP) is a professional body representing American physicists and publishing physics related journals. ... Spiral Galaxy ESO 269-57 Astrophysics is the branch of astronomy that deals with the physics of the universe, including the physical properties (luminosity, density, temperature and chemical composition) of astronomical objects such as stars, galaxies, and the interstellar medium, as well as their interactions. ...

Categories: Astronomy prizes Riccardo Giacconi (born October 6, 1931) is an American Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist. ... Philip James Edwin Peebles (born April 25, 1935) is an Canadian-American astronomer. ... Sir Martin John Rees (born June 23, 1942) has been Astronomer Royal since 1995 and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge since 2004. ... Sandra M. Faber is a professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz and works at the Lick Observatory. ... James E. Gunn is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy at Princeton University. ... Wallace Leslie William Sargent (February 15, 1935 – ) is an American astronomer. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... John N. Bahcall (born December 30, 1934) is an American astrophysicist. ... Rashid Alievich Sunyaev (Рашид Суняев) was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on March 1, 1943 and educated at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and Moscow University. ...