Max Born Medal and Prize

The Max Born Medal and Prize is a scientific prize awarded yearly by the German Physical Society (DPG) and the British Institute of Physics (IOP) in memory of the German physicist Max Born. The terms of the award are that it is "to be presented for outstanding contributions to physics". The award goes to physicists based in Germany and in the UK or Ireland in alternate years.[1][2]

The prize is accompanied by a silver medal "about 6 cm in diameter and 0.5 cm thick. One face carries a profile of Max Born and his name and dates. The other face carries the equation pq - qp = h/2πi and the full names of IOP and DPG. The recipient's full name and year of award is engraved around the rim."[3]

List of recipients

Sources: [4][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Born medal and prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Max-Born-Preis" [Max Born Prize] (in German). German Physical Society. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Statute of the Max-Born-Prize". German Physical Society. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Born medal recipients". Institute of Physics. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Preisträger Max Born nach Jahren" [Past Winners of the Max Born Prize]. Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (in German). Retrieved 9 October 2018.
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