The Albert Einstein Professorship in Science is an
endowed professorship in physics established at
Princeton University in 1974 by a donation from the
International Business Machine Corporation (IBM).
was never on the faculty of
Princeton University, although in the early 1930s he did occupy an office in Princeton University's mathematics building (the old Fine Hall), while he was waiting for the
Institute for Advanced Study to be built. Einstein was given a corner office in the old Fine Hall, which served as the temporary headquarters of the Institute for Advanced Study.
Princeton University's Albert Einstein Professorship in Science should not be confused with various other Einstein professorships, such as
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook University (SBU), officially the State University of New York at Stony Brook, is a public research university in Stony Brook, New York. Along with the University at Buffalo, it is one of the State University of New York system's ...
's Albert Einstein Professorship of Physics, which was held by
C. N. Yang (who is now Professor Emeritus).
History
All three of the holders of the professorship have received numerous awards and honors and have been elected to the
United States National Academy of Sciences (
Dicke Dicke is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Amie Dicke (born 1978), Dutch artist
* Finn Dicke (born 2004), Dutch footballer
* Pien Dicke (born 1999), Dutch field hockey player
* Robert H. Dicke (1916–1997), American physicist
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in 1967,
Peebles in 1988, and
Steinhardt[{{cite web, title=Paul J. Steinhardt, website=Princeton Physics, Princeton University, url=https://phy.princeton.edu/people/paul-j-steinhardt] in 1998). Peebles won the
Nobel Prize in Physics in 2019.
Recipients
Holders of the Albert Einstein Professorship have been:
[
* ]Robert H. Dicke
Robert Henry Dicke (; May 6, 1916 – March 4, 1997) was an American astronomer and physicist who made important contributions to the fields of astrophysics, atomic physics, physical cosmology, cosmology and gravity. He was the Albert Einstein ...
(1975–1984)
* P. J. E. Peebles (1984–2000)
* Paul J. Steinhardt
Paul Joseph Steinhardt (born December 25, 1952) is an American theoretical physicist whose principal research is in cosmology and condensed matter physics. He is currently the Albert Einstein Professor in Science at Princeton University, where ...
(2000–present)
References
Professorships in physics
Professorships at Princeton University
1974 establishments in New Jersey