The Albert Einstein Medal is an award presented by the
Albert Einstein Society in
Bern
Bern (), or Berne (), ; ; ; . is the ''de facto'' Capital city, capital of Switzerland, referred to as the "federal city".; ; ; . According to the Swiss constitution, the Swiss Confederation intentionally has no "capital", but Bern has gov ...
. First given in 1979, the award is presented to people for "scientific findings, works, or publications related to
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein (14 March 187918 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who is best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum mechanics. His mass–energy equivalence f ...
" each year.
Recipients
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Einstein Society
* 2025:
Robert Wald
* 2023:
Luc Blanchet
* 2020:
Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) scientific collaboration
* 2019:
Clifford Martin Will
* 2018:
Juan Martín Maldacena
* 2017:
LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration
* 2016:
Alexei Yuryevich Smirnov
* 2015:
Stanley Deser,
Charles Misner
* 2014:
Tom W. B. Kibble
* 2013:
Roy Kerr
* 2012:
Alain Aspect
* 2011:
Adam Riess,
Saul Perlmutter
* 2010:
Hermann Nicolai
* 2009:
Kip Stephen Thorne
* 2008:
Beno Eckmann
* 2007:
Reinhard Genzel
* 2006:
Gabriele Veneziano
* 2005:
Murray Gell-Mann
* 2004:
Michel Mayor
* 2003:
George F. Smoot
* 2001:
Johannes Geiss,
Hubert Reeves
* 2000:
Gustav Tammann
* 1999:
Friedrich Hirzebruch
* 1998:
Claude Nicollier
* 1996:
Thibault Damour
* 1995:
Chen Ning Yang
* 1994:
Irwin Shapiro
* 1993:
Max Flückiger,
Adolf Meichle
* 1992:
Peter Bergmann
* 1991:
Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr.
* 1990:
Roger Penrose
Sir Roger Penrose (born 8 August 1931) is an English mathematician, mathematical physicist, Philosophy of science, philosopher of science and Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Laureate in Physics. He is Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics i ...
* 1989:
Markus Fierz
* 1988:
John Archibald Wheeler
John Archibald Wheeler (July 9, 1911April 13, 2008) was an American theoretical physicist. He was largely responsible for reviving interest in general relativity in the United States after World War II. Wheeler also worked with Niels Bohr to e ...
* 1987:
Jeanne Hersch
* 1986:
Rudolf Mössbauer
* 1985:
Edward Witten
* 1984:
Victor Weisskopf
* 1983:
Hermann Bondi
* 1982:
Friedrich Traugott Wahlen
* 1979:
Stephen Hawking
See also
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Albert Einstein Award, Lewis and Rosa Strauss Memorial Fund
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Albert Einstein World Award of Science, World Cultural Council
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Einstein Prize, American Physical Society
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List of physics awards
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UNESCO Albert Einstein medal, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
References
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Awards established in 1979
Albert Einstein
Physics awards
Science and technology awards