Andrei Sakharov Prize (APS)

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The Andrei Sakharov Prize is a prize that is to be awarded every two years by the American Physical Society since 2006. The recipients are chosen for "outstanding leadership and/or achievements of scientists in upholding human rights." It is named after Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989), a Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident, and human rights activist. Since 2007, it has been valued at $10,000. [1] The first Sakharov Prize was awarded to physicist and former Soviet gulag prisoner Yuri Orlov. [2]

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  1. 1 2 "Andrei Sakharov Prize". aps.org. American Physical Society. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  2. ↑ "First Andrei Sakharov Prize for human rights goes to Cornell physicist and former Soviet gulag prisoner Yuri Orlov | Cornell Chronicle". news.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  3. ↑ "Seven days: 20–26 September 2013". Nature. 501 (7468): 466–467. 2013-09-01. doi: 10.1038/501466a . ISSN   0028-0836.
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