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The Andrew Gemant Award is a prize awarded by the American Institute of Physics to a person who has made substantial cultural, artistic, or humanistic contributions to physics.[1] The award is named after Andrew Gemant, a pioneer in materials science.

Award winners

Award winners[2]
Year Name
1987 Philip Morrison
1988 Freeman Dyson
1989 Gerald Holton
1990 Jeremy Bernstein
1991 Cyril Stanley Smith
1992 Martin Aitken
1993 Abraham Pais
1994 Spencer Weart
1995 Robert R. Wilson
1996 Alan Lightman
1997 Steven Weinberg
1998 Stephen Hawking
1999 Paula Apsell
2000 James Trefil
2001 Lawrence Krauss
2002 Michael Riordan
2003 Brian Greene
2004 Alan J. Friedman
2005 Hans Christian von Baeyer[3]
2006 Marcia Bartusiak[4]
2007 Andrew Fraknoi[5]
2008 John S. Rigden[6]
2009 Brian Schwartz[7]
2010 Daniel R. Altschuler[8]
2011 Stephen P. Maran[9]
2012 Lisa Randall[10]
2013 Edwin C. Krupp[11]
2014 Sean M. Carroll[12]
2015 Ainissa Ramirez[13]
2016 James Kakalios[14]
2017 Don Lincoln[15]
2018 David E. Kaplan[16]
2019 Virginia Trimble[17]
2020 Geraldine Cox[18]
2021 Sylvester James Gates[19]
2022 Clifford V. Johnson

See also

References

  1. ^ "Andrew Gemant Award". American Institute of Physics. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  2. ^ Source: American Institute of Physics
  3. ^ "Hans Christian von Baeyer". www.aip.org. American Institute of Physics. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Marcia Bartusiak". www.aip.org. American Institute of Physics. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Andrew Fraknoi". www.aip.org. American Institute of Physics. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  6. ^ "John Rigden". www.aip.org. American Institute of Physics. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Brian Schwartz". www.aip.org. American Institute of Physics. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Daniel Altschuler". www.aip.org. American Institute of Physics. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  9. ^ "ASTRONOMER AND AUTHOR STEPHEN MARAN WINS 2011 GEMANT AWARD". www.aip.org. American Institute of Physics. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Theoretical Physicist Lisa Randall Wins 2012 Gemant Award". www.aip.org. American Institute of Physics. 9 January 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  11. ^ Bartholomew, Dana (24 September 2013). "Griffith Observatory director Edwin C. Krupp wins physics award". Daily News. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  12. ^ ""Outspoken" Caltech Scientist Wins 2014 Gemant Award". www.aip.org. American Institute of Physics. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Ainissa Ramirez wins 2015 Gemant Award from AIP". www.aip.org. American Institute of Physics. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  14. ^ "James Kakalios Wins 2016 Gemant Award from AIP". www.aip.org. American Institute of Physics. 22 July 2016.
  15. ^ "Don Lincoln Wins 2017 Gemant Award from AIP". www.aip.org. American Institute of Physics. 12 April 2017.
  16. ^ "David Kaplan wins 2018 Gemant Award from the American Institute of Physics". EurekAlert!. AAAS.
  17. ^ "Lifelong Successes, Public Enlightenment: Virginia Trimble to Receive Gemant Award for Championing the Social Perspective of Science". www.aip.org. American Institute of Physics. 15 August 2019.
  18. ^ "Physics Through Art: Geraldine Cox to Receive 2020 Gemant Award". www.aip.org. American Institute of Physics. 17 August 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  19. ^ "Science For All: Jim Gates Honored with 2021 Andrew Gemant Award". American Institute of Physics. August 19, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2022. Alternate URL
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