Max Planck Medal

The inaugural award: Max Planck (left) presents Albert Einstein (right) with the Max Planck medal of the German Physical Society, 28 June 1929, in Berlin, Germany.

The Max Planck medal is the highest award of the German Physical Society (Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft), the world's largest organization of physicists, for extraordinary achievements in theoretical physics. The prize has been awarded annually since 1929, with few exceptions, and usually to a single person. The winner is awarded with a gold medal and hand-written parchment.[1]

List of recipients

Source:German Physical Society

References

  1. "Max-Planck-Medaille". Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. http://www.dpg-physik.de/preise/preistraeger_mp.html
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