The Simon Memorial Prize is an award that honors 'distinguished work in experimental or theoretical low temperature physics'.
The prize is awarded by the
Institute of Physics
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It was founded in 1874 and has a worldwide ...
and is presented at
the International Conference on Low Temperature Physics, which takes place every three years. The prize is named after
Francis Simon
Sir Francis Simon (2 July 1893 – 31 October 1956), was a German and later British physical chemist and physicist who devised the gaseous diffusion method, and confirmed its feasibility, of separating the isotope Uranium-235 and thus made a m ...
, who contributed eminently to the field of low-temperature physics. The first prize was awarded in 1959 to
Heinz London
Heinz London (Bonn, Germany 7 November 1907 – 3 August 1970) was a German-British physicist. Together with his brother Fritz London he was a pioneer in the field of superconductivity.
Biography
London was born in Bonn in a liberal Jewish-Ger ...
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Not to be confused with the Robert Simon Memorial Prize awarded for dissertations from the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics of Columbia University.
Winners
The following have won this prize:
See also
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Institute of Physics Awards
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List of physics awards
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See also
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References
External links Simon Memorial Prize
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