Albert Einstein Award
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The Albert Einstein Award is an award in theoretical physics, given by the Lewis and Rosa Strauss Memorial Fund and named after the famous physicist Albert Einstein. It was first awarded in 1951 and included a prize money of $15,000.[1]
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.
[edit] Recipients
- 1979 : Feza Gürsey
- 1978 : Stephen Hawking [2]
- 1972 : Eugene Wigner
- 1967 : Marshall Rosenbluth
- 1958 : Edward Teller [3]
- 1954 : Richard P. Feynman
- 1951 : Kurt Gödel [4] and Julian Schwinger
[edit] Sources
- ^ Biography of J. Schwinger from University of St Andrews, MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive (Last accessed Dec. 17, 2006).
- ^ (2002) Stephen Hawking: A Life in Science. ISBN 0309084105.
- ^ Edward Teller—Awards & Degrees from LLNL website (Last accessed Feb. 11, 2007).
- ^ (1987) Biographical Memoirs V.56. National Academy Press, 134-179. ISBN 0309036933.
