Lorentz Medal

Lorentz Medal is a distinction awarded every four years by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. It was established in 1925 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the doctorate of Hendrik Lorentz. The medal is given for important contributions to theoretical physics, though in the past there have been some experimentalists among its recipients.

The first winner, Max Planck, was personally selected by Lorentz.^[1] Eleven of the 23 award winners later received a Nobel Prize. The Lorentz medal is ranked fifth in a list of most prestigious international academic awards in physics.^[2]

Recipients

Year	Recipients
2022	Daan Frenkel^[3]
2018	Juan M. Maldacena^[4]^[5]
2014	Michael Berry^[6]^[7]
2010	Edward Witten^[8]^[9]
2006	Leo P. Kadanoff^[10]^[11]
2002	Frank Wilczek^[12]
1998	Carl E. Wieman and Eric A. Cornell
1994	Alexander Polyakov
1990	Pierre-Gilles de Gennes^[13]
1986	Gerard 't Hooft
1982	Anatole Abragam
1978	Nicolaas Bloembergen^[14]
1974	John H. van Vleck^[15]
1970	George Uhlenbeck
1966	Freeman J. Dyson
1962	Rudolf E. Peierls
1958	Lars Onsager^[16]
1953	Fritz London
1947	Hendrik A. Kramers
1939	Arnold Sommerfeld
1935	Peter Debye^[17]
1931	Wolfgang Pauli^[18]
1927	Max Planck

References

^ Berends, Frits; van Delft, Dirk (2019). Lorentz, Gevierd Wetenschapper, Geboren Verzoener (in Dutch). Prometheus. p. 549. ISBN 9789044642667.
^ Meho, Lokman I. (2020). "Highly prestigious international academic awards and their impact on university rankings". Quantitative Science Studies. 1 (2): 824–848. doi:10.1162/qss_a_00045.
^ KNAW press release
^ KNAW press release, archived from the original on 2020-01-14
^ IAS press release, 28 March 2018
^ KNAW press release, archived from the original on 2021-01-26
^ Bristol University press release^{[permanent dead link]}
^ KNAW press release, archived from the original on 2020-11-24
^ IAS press release, 29 June 2010
^ KNAW press release, archived from the original on 2022-03-02
^ APS press release
^ KNAW press release, archived from the original on 2022-03-02
^ Nobel prize bio
^ Nobel prize bio
^ Nobel prize bio
^ Nobel prize bio
^ Nobel prize bio
^ Nobel prize bio

External links

[1] Berends, Frits; van Delft, Dirk (2019). Lorentz, Gevierd Wetenschapper, Geboren Verzoener (in Dutch). Prometheus. p. 549. ISBN 9789044642667.

[2] Meho, Lokman I. (2020). "Highly prestigious international academic awards and their impact on university rankings". Quantitative Science Studies. 1 (2): 824–848. doi:10.1162/qss_a_00045.

[3] KNAW press release

[4] KNAW press release, archived from the original on 2020-01-14

[5] IAS press release, 28 March 2018

[6] KNAW press release, archived from the original on 2021-01-26

[7] Bristol University press release^{[permanent dead link]}

[8] KNAW press release, archived from the original on 2020-11-24

[9] IAS press release, 29 June 2010

[10] KNAW press release, archived from the original on 2022-03-02

[11] APS press release

[12] KNAW press release, archived from the original on 2022-03-02

[13] Nobel prize bio

[14] Nobel prize bio

[15] Nobel prize bio

[16] Nobel prize bio

[17] Nobel prize bio

[18] Nobel prize bio

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