Lorentz Medal

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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.

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The first winner, Max Planck, was personally selected by Lorentz. [1] Eleven of the 24 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

YearRecipients
2025 Charles L. Kane [3] [4] [5]
2022 Daan Frenkel [6] [7]
2018 Juan M. Maldacena [8] [9]
2014 Michael Berry [10] [11]
2010 Edward Witten [12] [13]
2006 Leo P. Kadanoff [14] [15]
2002 Frank Wilczek [16]
1998 Carl E. Wieman and Eric A. Cornell
1994 Alexander Polyakov [17]
1990 Pierre-Gilles de Gennes [18]
1986 Gerard 't Hooft [19]
1982 Anatole Abragam [20]
1978 Nicolaas Bloembergen [21]
1974 John H. van Vleck [22]
1970 George Uhlenbeck [23]
1966 Freeman J. Dyson
1962 Rudolf E. Peierls [24]
1958 Lars Onsager [25]
1953 Fritz London [26]
1947 Hendrik A. Kramers [27]
1939 Arnold Sommerfeld [28]
1935 Peter Debye [29]
1931 Wolfgang Pauli [30] [31]
1927 Max Planck

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References

  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. ↑ University of Pennsylvania press release
  4. ↑ KNAW press release
  5. ↑ "Uitreiking Lorentzmedaille aan natuurkundige Charles Kane - KNAW". knaw.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-12-03.
  6. ↑ KNAW press release
  7. ↑ Cambridge University press release
  8. ↑ KNAW press release, archived from the original on 2020-01-14
  9. ↑ IAS press release, 28 March 2018
  10. ↑ KNAW press release, archived from the original on 2021-01-26
  11. ↑ Bristol University press release
  12. ↑ KNAW press release, archived from the original on 2020-11-24
  13. ↑ IAS press release, 29 June 2010
  14. ↑ KNAW press release, archived from the original on 2022-03-02
  15. ↑ APS press release
  16. ↑ KNAW press release, archived from the original on 2022-03-02
  17. ↑ Princeton University biography
  18. ↑ Nobel prize bio
  19. ↑ Utrecht University biography
  20. ↑ College de France biography
  21. ↑ Nobel prize bio
  22. ↑ Nobel prize bio
  23. ↑ IAS biography
  24. ↑ IAS biography
  25. ↑ Nobel prize bio
  26. ↑ AIP biography
  27. ↑ DNBL biography
  28. ↑ AIP biography
  29. ↑ Nobel prize bio
  30. ↑ Nobel prize bio
  31. ↑ Eyewitness account of the 1931 award ceremony by H.B.G. Casimir
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