Albert Einstein Award
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The Albert Einstein AwardTemplate:Efn was an award in theoretical physics, given periodically from 1951 to 1979, 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, in addition to a gold medal of Einstein by sculptor Gilroy Roberts,[1] it also included a prize money of $15,000,[2][3] which was later reduced to $5,000.[4][5] The winner was selected by a committee (the first of which consisted of Einstein, Oppenheimer, von Neumann, and Weyl[6]) of the Institute for Advanced Study, which administered the award.[3] Lewis L. Strauss used to be one of the trustees of the institute.[7]
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).[8] It was established much earlier than these, while 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.[9] Some considered it as "the prestigious equivalent of a Nobel Prize".[10]
Recipients
| Year | Image | Recipient(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Picture of Kurt Gödel circa 1926 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | [2] [11] |
| Picture of Julian Schwinger in 1965 | Julian Schwinger | ||
| 1954 | Picture of Richard Feynman | Script error: No such module "Sort". | [3] |
| 1958 | Picture of Edward Teller in 1958 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | [12] |
| 1959 | – | Script error: No such module "Sort". | [13] |
| 1960 | Picture of Leo Szilard circa 1960 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | [14] |
| 1961 | Picture of Luis Alvarez in April 1969 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | [4] |
| 1965 | Picture of John Archibald Wheeler in 1985 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | [15] |
| 1967 | Picture of Marshall Rosenbluth in 1994 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | [5] |
| 1970 | – | Script error: No such module "Sort". | [16] |
| 1972 | Picture of Eugene Wigner in 1963 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | [17] |
| 1978 | Picture of Stephen Hawking circa 1980 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | [10] |
| 1979 | – | Script error: No such module "Sort". | [18] |
See also
Notes
References
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- ↑ Wheeler Honored, Princeton Alumni Weekly, Volume 65, June 8, 1965.
- ↑ a b Biography of J. Schwinger from University of St Andrews, MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive (Last accessed December 17, 2006).
- ↑ a b c The Month at Caltech, April 1954 issue Script error: No such module "webarchive"., p. 20 (Last accessed on September 4, 2007).
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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- ↑ Report of the Director for 1948–53 Script error: No such module "webarchive"., Institute for Advanced Studies, p. 30 (1954). (pdf file last accessed on November 11, 2018).
- ↑ Details about the Hans Albert Einstein Award, from the ASCE website (Last accessed on September 11, 2007).
- ↑ New Scientist magazine, EBSCO Publishing, vol. 77, p. 272, 1978.
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- ↑ Edward Teller—Awards & Degrees Script error: No such module "webarchive". from LLNL website (Last accessed February 11, 2007).
- ↑ Biography of W. F. Libby at nobelprize.org (Last accessed May 13, 2008).
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". p. 217
- ↑ Science magazine, vol. 176, p. 896, 1972.
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External links
- Information on the Albert Einstein Award from the Jewish-American Hall of Fame
- Information about and photos of the medal awarded to Kurt Godel on the website of the Institute for Advanced Study, last accessed 2020-04-18.