The William Bowie Medal is awarded annually by the
American Geophysical Union
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for "outstanding contributions to fundamental
geophysics
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and for unselfish cooperation in research". The award is the highest honor given by the AGU and is named in honor of
William Bowie, one of the co-founders of the Union.
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Past recipients
Source
AGU
See also
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List of geophysicists
This is a list of geophysicists, people who made Notability in English Wikipedia, notable contributions to geophysics, whether or not geophysics was their primary field. These include historical figures who laid the foundations for the field of ge ...
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List of geophysics awards
This list of geophysics awards is an index to articles on notable awards for contributions to geophysics, the branch of natural science concerned with the physical processes and physical properties of the Earth and its surrounding space environmen ...
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List of prizes named after people
References
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