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Andrei Sakharov Prize (APS)
The Andrei Sakharov Prize is a prize that is to be awarded every second year by the American Physical Society since 2006. The recipients are chosen for "''outstanding leadership and/or achievements of scientists in upholding human rights''". The prize is named after Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989), Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident and human rights activist; since 2007 it has been valued at $10,000. Recipients * 2006 Yuri Orlov (Cornell University) * 2008 Liangying Xu (Chinese Academy of Sciences) * 2010 Herman Winick (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center), Joseph Birman (City University of New York), and Morris (Moishe) Pripstein (National Science Foundation) * 2012 Mulugeta Bekele (University of Addis Ababa) and Richard Wilson (Harvard University) * 2014 Boris Altshuler (P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute) and Omid Kokabee (University of Texas at Austin) * 2016 Zafra M. Lerman (Malta Conferences Foundation) * 2018 Ravi Kuchimanchi ( Association for India's Development) and Narge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakharov Prize (other) , an annual literary prize existing between 1990 and 2007
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The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought is an award for the defense of human rights and freedom of thought established in 1988 by the European Parliament. Sakharov Prize may also refer to: * Andrei Sakharov Prize (APS), a prize awarded every second year by the American Physical Society since 2006 * Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award, an award established in 1980 by the Norwegian Helsinki Committee * Andrei Sakharov Prize for Writer's Civic Courage The Andrei Sakharov Prize for Writer's Civic Courage (1990–2007) was an annual literary prize established in the Soviet Union by the "Writers in Support of Perestroika" association (also known as the "Aprel" (April) association), in October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zafra M
Zafra () is a town situated in the Province of Badajoz (Extremadura, Spain), and the capital of the comarca of Zafra - Río Bodión. It has a population of 16,677, according to the 2011 census. Zafra is the hometown of Fray Ruy Lopez, author of one of the first European treatises on chess, and the humanist and arbitrist Pedro de Valencia. History Human traces of great antiquity have been found in the area. In the "El Castellar" mountains are located caves with pictograms. Also, a fort dating to the Bronze Age was found in the nearby chapel of Belén. Roman era Zafra has been associated with the Roman names ''Restituta Iulia Imperial'', ''Contributa Iulia Ugultunia'',Badajoz (search for: 'Zafra') a [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science In Society
''Science In Society: An Introduction to Social Studies of Science'' () is a 2004 book by Massimiano Bucchi. The book explains how science works, what sociologists find to be of interest, and how scientific knowledge is produced. There are chapters on the relevance of science to contemporary life, Kuhn's work and its modern relevance, as well as the role of scientific communication.{{cite journal , url=http://www.sociology.org/content/2005/tier1/morrell_review.pdf , title=Book Review - Science in Society: an Introduction to Social Studies of Science , author=Morrell, Peter , journal=Electronic Journal of Sociology , year=2005 , issn=1198-3655 See also *List of books about the politics of science This is a list of notable books about the politics of science that have their own articles on Wikipedia. Environment * ''Merchants of Doubt, Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global ... References 2004 non-fiction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awards Of The American Physical Society
An award, sometimes called a distinction, is something given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field. When the token is a medal, ribbon or other item designed for wearing, it is known as a decoration. An award may be described by three aspects: 1) who is given 2) what 3) by whom, all varying according to purpose. The recipient is often to a single person, such as a student or athlete, or a representative of a group of people, be it an organisation, a sports team or a whole country. The award item may be a decoration, that is an insignia suitable for wearing, such as a medal, badge, or rosette (award). It can also be a token object such as certificate, diploma, championship belt, trophy, or plaque. The award may also be or be accompanied by a title of honor, as well as an object of direct value such as prize money or a scholarship. Furthermore, an honorable mention is an award given, typically in education, that does not confer the recipie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Physics Awards
This list of physics awards is an index to articles about notable awards for physics. The list includes lists of awards by the American Physical Society of the United States, and of the Institute of Physics of the United Kingdom, followed by a list organized by region and country of the organization that gives the award. Awards are not necessarily restricted to people from the country of the award giver. American Physical Society The American Physical Society of the United States sponsors a number of awards for outstanding contributions to physics. Institute of Physics International Americas Asia Europe Oceania See also * Lists of awards * Lists of science and technology awards References {{Science and technology awards physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that depa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xiaoxing Xi
Xiaoxing Xi (; born 1957) is a Chinese-born American physicist. He is the Laura H. Carnell Professor and former chair at the Physics Department of Temple University in Philadelphia. In May 2015, the United States Department of Justice arrested him on charges of having sent restricted American technology to China. All charges against him were dropped in September 2015. Career Xi was born in China and received his Ph.D. from Peking University in 1987. He was a researcher at the Karlsruhe Nuclear Research Center in Germany, and moved to the United States in 1989. In the US he worked at Bell Communication Research at Rutgers University and the University of Maryland, before becoming a faculty member of Pennsylvania State University in 1995. He has since naturalized as a US citizen. Xi's wife is also a physics professor, who teaches at Pennsylvania State University. They have two daughters and live in suburban Philadelphia. He was named chairman of Temple University's physics departm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayşe Erzan
Ayşe Erzan (born 1949) is a Turkish theoretical physicist. She has received a number of awards including a L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science in 2003 and a Rammal Award in 2009. Biography Ayşe Erzan was born in 1949 in Ankara. Following secondary studies in Istanbul, Erzan attended Bryn Mawr College in the United States, earning her BA in 1970. She received a PhD in physics from Stony Brook University in 1976. Erzan returned to Ankara, spending a year at Middle East Technical University as a member of the physics department. She joined Istanbul Technical University in 1977. During that time she was involved in the peace and women's movements. Following the 1980 Turkish coup d'état, she left the country. From 1981 to 1990 Erzan worked and taught at various research institutions and universities. From 1981 to 1982 she worked at the University of Geneva's Department of Theoretical Physics. From 1982 to 1985 she was visiting assistant professor at the University of Porto i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narges Mohammadi
Narges Mohammadi (; born 21 April 1972) is an Iranian human rights activist and the vice president of the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC), headed by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi. In May 2016, she was sentenced in Tehran to 16 years' imprisonment for establishing and running "a human rights movement that campaigns for the abolition of the death penalty". In 2022, she was named in the BBC 100 Women list. Background Mohammadi was born in Zanjan, Iran. She attended Imam Khomeini International University, receiving a degree in physics, and became a professional engineer. During her university career, she wrote articles supporting women's rights in the student newspaper and was arrested at two meetings of the political student group Tashakkol Daaneshjuyi Roshangaraan ("Enlightened Student Group"). She was also active in a mountain climbing group, but due to her political activities, was later banned from joining climbs. She went on to work as a journalist for sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association For India's Development
The Association for India's Development, Inc. (AID) is a secular charity organization based in the United States which promotes "sustainable, equitable and just development". AID has won several awards for its work, including the 'Global Impact Award' by the prominent newspaper 'The Times of India'. Activities AID supports grassroots organizations in India , interconnected spheres such as educations, livelihoods, natural resources including land, water and energy, agriculture, health, women's empowerment and social justice. AID focuses on a rights-based approach and is in solidarity with prominent people's movements and social workers of India. AID promotes Gandhi ji's ideas of "being the change that you wish to see in the world" inspiring people to support fair trades, organic products, question injustices and decreases their ecological footprints. AID works towards Ambedkar's vision of equality for all enshrined in India's Constitution. Organization in the United States AID c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravi Kuchimanchi
Ravi may refer to: People * Ravi (name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Ravi (composer) (1926–2012), Indian music director * Ravi (Ivar Johansen) (born 1976), Norwegian musical artist * Ravi (music director) (1926–2012), an Indian film music director * Ravi (rapper) (born 1993), a South Korean rapper * Ravi, an actor in the 2018 film ''Dhwaja'' Other * Ravi, Gavorrano, a village in the province of Grosseto, Tuscany * Ravi River, a Himalayan river flowing through India and Pakistan * Ravi Town, a town near Lahore, Pakistan * An alternative name for Surya, the Sanskrit word for the Sun and the Hindu solar deity * Ravi, a fictional state in ''The Ravi Lancers'', a novel by John Masters See also * * Rabi (other) Rabi may refer to: Places * Rábí, a castle in the Czech Republic * Rabí, a village in the Czech Republic * Räbi, a village in Estonia * Rabi, Panchthar, a village development committee in Nepal * Rabi Island, a volcanic island i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omid Kokabee
Omid Kokabee (Persian: امید کوکبی; born 1982) is an Iranian experimental laser physicist at the University of Texas at Austin who was arrested in Iran after returning from the United States to visit his family on January 30, 2011. He was initially charged with "gathering and colluding against national security" but later, after being acquitted from the primary charges, he was put on trial for “communicating with a hostile government (USA)” and “illegitimate/illegal earnings”. Even though he repeatedly denied all charges against himself, he was finally sentenced to ten years in prison. In September 2013, the American Physical Society announced Kokabee as a co-recipient of its 2014 Andrei Sakharov Prize for "his courage in refusing to use his physics knowledge to work on projects that he deemed harmful to humanity in the face of extreme physical and psychological pressure". In November 2013, Amnesty International released a public statement declaring Kokabee a " pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Physical Society
The American Physical Society (APS) is a not-for-profit membership organization of professionals in physics and related disciplines, comprising nearly fifty divisions, sections, and other units. Its mission is the advancement and diffusion of knowledge of physics. The society publishes more than a dozen scientific journals, including the prestigious '' Physical Review'' and ''Physical Review Letters'', and organizes more than twenty science meetings each year. APS is a member society of the American Institute of Physics. Since January 2021 the organization has been led by chief executive officer Jonathan Bagger. History The American Physical Society was founded on May 20, 1899, when thirty-six physicists gathered at Columbia University for that purpose. They proclaimed the mission of the new Society to be "to advance and diffuse the knowledge of physics", and in one way or another the APS has been at that task ever since. In the early years, virtually the sole activity of the AP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
