Physics:Wigner Medal

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The Wigner Medal is an award designed "to recognize outstanding contributions to the understanding of physics through Group Theory".[1] The Wigner Medal is administered by The Group Theory and Fundamental Physics Foundation, a publicly supported organization. Donations are tax deductible as provided pursuant to the provisions of Section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code, a federal code of the United States. The award was first presented in 1978 to Eugene Wigner, and was first awarded at the Integrative Conference on Group Theory and Mathematical Physics.[2]

List of Awardees

Source: Wigner Medal Homepage

See also

  • List of science and technology awards
  • List of prizes named after people

References

  1. "The Wigner Medal Bylaws". The Group Theory and Fundamental Physics Foundation. http://www.ph.utexas.edu/~bohmwww/wigner/wigner_bylaws.pdf. Retrieved 2007-08-07. 
  2. "The Wigner Medal". The Group Theory and Fundamental Physics Foundation. http://www.ph.utexas.edu/~bohmwww/wigner/. Retrieved 2007-08-07. 
  3. "Professor Emeritus Alden Mead receives Wigner Medal". University of Minnesota Department of Chemistry. http://www.chem.umn.edu/news/news.lasso?serial=343. Retrieved 2012-07-16. 
  4. "The XXIX International Colloquium on Group-Theoretical Methods in Physics". Chern Institute of Mathematics, Nankai University. http://www.cim.nankai.edu.cn/activites/conferences/hy20120820/Participant/Wigner.htm. Retrieved 2012-07-16. 
  5. "Wigner Medal awarded to Professor Joshua Zak". Technion – Israel Institute of Technology – Physics Department. http://phys.technion.ac.il/en/about-us/news/194-wigner-medal-awarded-to-professor-joshua-zak. Retrieved 2014-03-18. 

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