The Boltzmann Medal (or Boltzmann Award) is a prize awarded to
physicist
A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe.
Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate cau ...
s that obtain new results concerning
statistical mechanics
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; it is named after the celebrated physicist
Ludwig Boltzmann
Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann (; 20 February 1844 – 5 September 1906) was an Austrian physicist and philosopher. His greatest achievements were the development of statistical mechanics, and the statistical explanation of the second law of ther ...
. The Boltzmann Medal is awarded once every three years by the ''Commission on Statistical Physics of the
International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP ) is an international non-governmental organization whose mission is to assist in the worldwide development of physics, to foster international cooperation in physics, and to help in the ...
'', during the
STATPHYS conference.
The award consists of a gilded medal; its front carries the inscription ''Ludwig Boltzmann, 1844–1906''.
Winners
All the winners are influential physicists or
mathematician
A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems.
Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change.
History
On ...
s whose contribution to statistical physics have been relevant in the past decades. Institution with multiple recipients are
Sapienza University of Rome
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(3) and
École Normale Supérieure
École may refer to:
* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France
* École, S ...
,
Cornell University
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,
University of Cambridge
, mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts.
Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge.
, established =
, other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...
and
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ...
(2).
*2022
Deepak Dhar
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(
IISER Pune)
and
John J. Hopfield (
Princeton University
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)
* 2019
Herbert Spohn
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(
Technical University Munich
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Establis ...
)
* 2016
Daan Frenkel
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Educatio ...
(
University of Cambridge
, mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts.
Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge.
, established =
, other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...
) and
Yves Pomeau
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(
University of Arizona
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and
École Normale Supérieure
École may refer to:
* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France
* École, S ...
)
* 2013
Giovanni Jona-Lasinio (
Sapienza University of Rome
The Sapienza University of Rome ( it, Sapienza – Università di Roma), also called simply Sapienza or the University of Rome, and formally the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", is a public research university located in Rome, Ita ...
)
and
Harry Swinney (
University of Texas at Austin
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)
* 2010
John Cardy
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(
University of Oxford
, mottoeng = The Lord is my light
, established =
, endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019)
, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
, chancellor ...
) and
Bernard Derrida
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Biog ...
(
École Normale Supérieure
École may refer to:
* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France
* École, S ...
)
* 2007
Kurt Binder
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(
University of Mainz
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) and
Giovanni Gallavotti
Giovanni Gallavotti is an Italian mathematical physicist, born in Naples on 29 December 1941.
He is the recipient of the "Premio Nazionale Presidente della Repubblica", presso la Classe di Scienze Naturali dell'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 1 ...
(
Sapienza University of Rome
The Sapienza University of Rome ( it, Sapienza – Università di Roma), also called simply Sapienza or the University of Rome, and formally the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", is a public research university located in Rome, Ita ...
)
* 2004
E.G.D. Cohen (
Rockefeller University
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)
and
H. Eugene Stanley
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(
Boston University
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)
* 2001
Berni Alder
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Biography
Alder was born in Duisburg, Germany, in Septem ...
(
University of California at Davis)
and
Kyozi Kawasaki (
Chubu University
is located in Kasugai, Aichi, Japan.
Chubu University was established as the Chubu Institute of Technology in 1964 with the motto
"Acta, non Verba" (Actions, not Words), but its institutional history begins with the Nagoya Daichi High School e ...
)
* 1998
Elliott Lieb
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Lieb i ...
(
Princeton University
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) and
Benjamin Widom
Benjamin Widom (born 13 October 1927) is the Goldwin Smith Professor of Chemistry at Cornell University. His research interests include physical chemistry and statistical mechanics. In 1998, Widom was awarded the Boltzmann Medal "for his illumin ...
(
Cornell University
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)
* 1995
Sam F. Edwards (
University of Cambridge
, mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts.
Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge.
, established =
, other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...
)
* 1992
Joel Lebowitz
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Lebowitz has published ...
(
Rutgers University
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)
and
Giorgio Parisi
Giorgio Parisi (born 4 August 1948) is an Italian theoretical physicist, whose research has focused on quantum field theory, statistical mechanics and complex systems. His best known contributions are the QCD evolution equations for parton densit ...
(
Sapienza University of Rome
The Sapienza University of Rome ( it, Sapienza – Università di Roma), also called simply Sapienza or the University of Rome, and formally the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", is a public research university located in Rome, Ita ...
)
* 1989
Leo Kadanoff
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(
University of Chicago
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)
* 1986
David Ruelle
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(
Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques
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)
and
Yakov G. Sinai
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(
Moscow State University
M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...
)
* 1983
Michael E. Fisher
Michael Ellis Fisher (3 September 1931 – 26 November 2021) was an English physicist, as well as chemist and mathematician, known for his many seminal contributions
to statistical physics, including but not restricted to the theory of phase t ...
(
University of Maryland, College Park
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)
* 1980
Rodney J. Baxter (
Australian National University
The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies an ...
)
* 1977
Ryogo Kubo
was a Japanese mathematical physicist, best known for his works in statistical physics and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics.
Work
In the early 1950s, Kubo transformed research into the linear response A linear response function describ ...
(
University of Tokyo
, abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project b ...
)
* 1975
Kenneth G. Wilson (
Cornell University
Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to tea ...
)
See also
*
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 l ...
References
External links
IUPAP Commission on Statistical Physics (C3)the official website of C3, the Boltzmann Award recipients list during 1975–2010
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