Lorentz Medal

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Lorentz Medal is a distinction awarded every four years by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. It was established in 1925 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the doctorate of Hendrik Lorentz. The medal is given for important contributions to theoretical physics, though in the past there have been some experimentalists among its recipients.

The first winner, Max Planck, was personally selected by Lorentz.[1] Eleven of the 23 award winners later received a Nobel Prize. The Lorentz medal is ranked fifth in a list of most prestigious international academic awards in physics.[2]

## Recipients

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Year  | Recipients

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2022  | Daan Frenkel[3]
2018  | Juan M. Maldacena[4][5]
2014  | Michael Berry[6][7]
2010  | Edward Witten[8][9]
2006  | Leo P. Kadanoff[10][11]
2002  | Frank Wilczek[12]
1998  | Carl E. Wieman and Eric A. Cornell
1994  | Alexander Polyakov
1990  | Pierre-Gilles de Gennes[13]
1986  | Gerard 't Hooft
1982  | Anatole Abragam
1978  | Nicolaas Bloembergen[14]
1974  | John H. van Vleck[15]
1970  | George Uhlenbeck
1966  | Freeman J. Dyson
1962  | Rudolf E. Peierls
1958  | Lars Onsager[16]
1953  | Fritz London
1947  | Hendrik A. Kramers
1939  | Arnold Sommerfeld
1935  | Peter Debye[17]
1931  | Wolfgang Pauli[18]
1927  | Max Planck

## See also

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* List of physics awards

## References

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1. ^ Berends, Frits; van Delft, Dirk (2019). Lorentz, Gevierd Wetenschapper, Geboren Verzoener (in Dutch). Prometheus. p. 549\. ISBN 9789044642667.
2. ^ Meho, Lokman I. (2020). "Highly prestigious international academic awards and their impact on university rankings". Quantitative Science Studies. 1 (2): 824–848\. doi:10.1162/qss_a_00045.
3. ^ KNAW press release
4. ^ KNAW press release, archived from the original on 2020-01-14
5. ^ IAS press release, 28 March 2018
6. ^ KNAW press release, archived from the original on 2021-01-26
7. ^ Bristol University press release[permanent dead link]
8. ^ KNAW press release, archived from the original on 2020-11-24
9. ^ IAS press release, 29 June 2010
10. ^ KNAW press release, archived from the original on 2022-03-02
11. ^ APS press release
12. ^ KNAW press release, archived from the original on 2022-03-02
13. ^ Nobel prize bio
14. ^ Nobel prize bio
15. ^ Nobel prize bio
16. ^ Nobel prize bio
17. ^ Nobel prize bio
18. ^ Nobel prize bio

## External links

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* Official Lorentz Medal site at the Royal Academy
* Lorentz Medal site at the Institute Lorentz