Einstein Prize (APS)

{{Infobox award

| name = Einstein Prize

| awarded_for = To recognize outstanding accomplishments in the field of gravitational physics.

| host = American Physical Society

| location = College Park, Maryland

| country = United States

| reward = $10,000

| year = 2003

| holder =

| website = [http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/einstein.cfm Einstein Prize]

}}

Since 2003, the Einstein Prize is a biennial prize awarded by the American Physical Society. The recipients are chosen for their outstanding accomplishments in the field of gravitational physics. The prize is named after Albert Einstein (1879–1955), who authored the of special and general theories of relativity. The prize was established by the Topical Group on Gravitation at the beginning of 1999. As of 2013, the prize is valued at $10,000.{{Cite web |title=Einstein Prize |url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/einstein.cfm |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=www.aps.org |language=en}} The 2005 prize for Bryce DeWitt was announced shortly before his death, and awarded posthumously.{{Cite web |last=Weinberg |first=Steven |date=2008 |title=Bryce Seligman DeWitt 1923-2004: Biographical Memoir |url=https://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/dewitt-bryce.pdf |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=nasoline.org}}

Recipients

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Year	Recipient(s)	Citation	Ref
rowspan="2"\|2003 \|John A. Wheeler \| rowspan="2"\|For pioneering investigations in general relativity, including gravitational radiation, quantum gravity, black holes, space time singularities, and symmetries in Einstein's equations, and for leadership and inspiration to generations of researchers in general relativity. \|rowspan="2"\|{{Cite web \|title=Einstein Prize Recipient 2003:John Wheeler \|url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Wheeler&first_nm=John&year=2003 \|access-date=2023-10-07 \|website=www.aps.org \|language=en}} {{Cite web \| title=Einstein Prize Recipient 2003: Peter Bergmann \| url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Bergmann&first_nm=Peter&year=2003 \| access-date=2023-10-07 \|website=www.aps.org \|language=en}}
Peter G. Bergmann
rowspan="1"\|2005 \| Bryce DeWitt \|rowspan="1"\|For a broad range of original contributions to gravitational physics, especially in quantum gravity, gauge field theories, radiation reaction in curved spacetime, and numerical relativity; and for inspiring a generation of students. \|rowspan="1"\|{{Cite web \| title=Einstein Prize Recipient 2005: Bryce DeWitt \| url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=DeWitt&first_nm=Bryce&year=2005 \| access-date=2023-10-07 \|website=www.aps.org \|language=en}}
rowspan="2"\|2007 \| Rainer Weiss \|rowspan="2"\|For fundamental contributions to the development of gravitational wave detectors based on optical interferometry, leading to the successful operation of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory. \|rowspan="2"\|{{Cite web \| title=Einstein Prize Recipient 2007: Rainer Weiss \| url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Weiss&first_nm=Rainer&year=2007 \| access-date=2023-10-07 \|website=www.aps.org \|language=en}} {{Cite web \| title=Einstein Prize Recipient 2007: Ronald Drever \| url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Drever&first_nm=Ronald&year=2007 \| access-date=2023-10-07 \|website=www.aps.org \|language=en}}
Ronald Drever
rowspan="1"\|2009 \| James Hartle \|rowspan="1"\|For a broad range of fundamental contributions to relativistic stars, quantum fields in curved spacetime, and especially quantum cosmology. \|rowspan="1"\|{{Cite web \| title=Einstein Prize Recipient 2009: James Hartle \| url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Hartle&first_nm=James&year=2009 \| access-date=2023-10-07 \|website=www.aps.org \|language=en}}
rowspan="1"\|2011 \| Ezra Ted Newman \|rowspan="1"\|For outstanding contributions to theoretical relativity, including the Newman–Penrose formalism, Kerr–Newman solution, Heaven, and null foliation theory. For his intellectual passion, generosity and honesty, which have inspired and represented a model for generations of relativists. \|rowspan="1"\|{{Cite web \| title=Einstein Prize Recipient 2011: Ezra Ted Newman \| url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Newman&first_nm=Ezra&year=2011 \| access-date=2023-10-07 \|website=www.aps.org \|language=en}}
rowspan="1"\|2013 \| Irwin I. Shapiro \|rowspan="1"\|For his contributions to experimental Solar System tests of relativistic theories of gravity, and in particular for proposing and measuring the Shapiro time delay effect. \|rowspan="1"\|{{Cite web \| title=Einstein Prize Recipient 2013: Irwin I. Shapiro \| url = http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Shapiro&first_nm=Irwin&year=2013 \| access-date=2023-10-07 \|website=www.aps.org \|language=en}}
rowspan="1"\|2015 \| Jacob Bekenstein \|rowspan ="1"\|For his ground-breaking work on black hole entropy, which launched the field of black hole thermodynamics and transformed the long effort to unify quantum mechanics and gravitation. \|rowspan = "1"\|{{Cite web \| title=Einstein Prize Recipient 2015: Jacob Bekenstein \| url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Bekenstein&first_nm=Jacob&year=2015 \| access-date=2023-10-07 \|website=www.aps.org \|language=en}}
rowspan="1"\|2017 \| Robert M. Wald \|rowspan ="1"\|For fundamental contributions to classical and semiclassical gravity studies, in particular, the discovery of the general formula for black hole entropy, and for developing a rigorous formulation of quantum field theory in curved spacetime. \|rowspan = "1"\|{{Cite web \| title=Einstein Prize Recipient 2017: Robert M. Wald \| url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Wald&first_nm=Robert&year=2017 \| access-date=2023-10-07 \|website=www.aps.org \|language=en}}
rowspan="1"\|2019 \| Abhay Ashtekar \|rowspan="1"\|For numerous and seminal contributions to general relativity, including the theory of black holes, canonical quantum gravity, and quantum cosmology. \|rowspan="1"\|{{Cite web \| title=Einstein Prize Recipient 2019: Abhay Ashtekar \| url=https://qrius.com/all-you-need-to-know-about-abhay-ashtekar-the-recipient-of-the-2018-einstein-prize/ \| access-date=2023-10-07 \|website=www.aps.org \|language=en}}
rowspan="2"\|2021 \|Clifford Martin Will \|rowspan="2"\|For outstanding contributions to observational tests of general relativity with theories of gravitational waves, astrophysical black holes, and neutron stars. \|rowspan="2"\|{{Cite web \| title=Einstein Prize Recipient 2021: Clifford Martin Will \| url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Will&first_nm=Clifford&year=2021 \| access-date=2023-10-07 \|website=www.aps.org \|language=en}} {{Cite web \| title=Einstein Prize Recipient 2021: Saul Teukolsky \| url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Teukolsky&first_nm=Saul&year=2021 \| access-date=2023-10-07 \|website=www.aps.org \|language=en}}
Saul Teukolsky
rowspan="1"\|2023 \| Gary T. Horowitz \|rowspan="1"\|For fundamental contributions to classical gravity and gravitational aspects of string theory. \|rowspan="1"\|{{Cite web \| title=Einstein Prize Recipient 2023: Gary T. Horowitz \| url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Horowitz&first_nm=Gary&year=2023 \| access-date=2023-10-07 \|website=www.aps.org \|language=en}}

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Year

Recipient(s)

Citation

Ref

rowspan="2"|2003

|John A. Wheeler

| rowspan="2"|For pioneering investigations in general relativity, including gravitational radiation, quantum gravity, black holes, space time singularities, and symmetries in Einstein's equations, and for leadership and inspiration to generations of researchers in general relativity.

|rowspan="2"|{{Cite web |title=Einstein Prize Recipient 2003:John Wheeler |url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Wheeler&first_nm=John&year=2003 |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=www.aps.org |language=en}}
{{Cite web

| title=Einstein Prize Recipient 2003: Peter Bergmann

| url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Bergmann&first_nm=Peter&year=2003

| access-date=2023-10-07 |website=www.aps.org |language=en}}

Peter G. Bergmann

rowspan="1"|2005

| Bryce DeWitt

|rowspan="1"|For a broad range of original contributions to gravitational physics, especially in quantum gravity, gauge field theories, radiation reaction in curved spacetime, and numerical relativity; and for inspiring a generation of students.

|rowspan="1"|{{Cite web

| title=Einstein Prize Recipient 2005: Bryce DeWitt

| url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=DeWitt&first_nm=Bryce&year=2005

| access-date=2023-10-07 |website=www.aps.org |language=en}}

rowspan="2"|2007

| Rainer Weiss

|rowspan="2"|For fundamental contributions to the development of gravitational wave detectors based on optical interferometry, leading to the successful operation of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory.

|rowspan="2"|{{Cite web

| title=Einstein Prize Recipient 2007: Rainer Weiss

| url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Weiss&first_nm=Rainer&year=2007

| access-date=2023-10-07 |website=www.aps.org |language=en}}
{{Cite web

| title=Einstein Prize Recipient 2007: Ronald Drever

| url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Drever&first_nm=Ronald&year=2007

| access-date=2023-10-07 |website=www.aps.org |language=en}}

Ronald Drever

rowspan="1"|2009

| James Hartle

|rowspan="1"|For a broad range of fundamental contributions to relativistic stars, quantum fields in curved spacetime, and especially quantum cosmology.

|rowspan="1"|{{Cite web

| title=Einstein Prize Recipient 2009: James Hartle

| url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Hartle&first_nm=James&year=2009

| access-date=2023-10-07 |website=www.aps.org |language=en}}

rowspan="1"|2011

| Ezra Ted Newman

|rowspan="1"|For outstanding contributions to theoretical relativity, including the Newman–Penrose formalism, Kerr–Newman solution, Heaven, and null foliation theory. For his intellectual passion, generosity and honesty, which have inspired and represented a model for generations of relativists.

|rowspan="1"|{{Cite web

| title=Einstein Prize Recipient 2011: Ezra Ted Newman

| url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Newman&first_nm=Ezra&year=2011

| access-date=2023-10-07 |website=www.aps.org |language=en}}

rowspan="1"|2013

| Irwin I. Shapiro

|rowspan="1"|For his contributions to experimental Solar System tests of relativistic theories of gravity, and in particular for proposing and measuring the Shapiro time delay effect.

|rowspan="1"|{{Cite web

| title=Einstein Prize Recipient 2013: Irwin I. Shapiro

| url = http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Shapiro&first_nm=Irwin&year=2013

| access-date=2023-10-07 |website=www.aps.org |language=en}}

rowspan="1"|2015

| Jacob Bekenstein

|rowspan ="1"|For his ground-breaking work on black hole entropy, which launched the field of black hole thermodynamics and transformed the long effort to unify quantum mechanics and gravitation.

|rowspan = "1"|{{Cite web

| title=Einstein Prize Recipient 2015: Jacob Bekenstein

| url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Bekenstein&first_nm=Jacob&year=2015

| access-date=2023-10-07 |website=www.aps.org |language=en}}

rowspan="1"|2017

| Robert M. Wald

|rowspan ="1"|For fundamental contributions to classical and semiclassical gravity studies, in particular, the discovery of the general formula for black hole entropy, and for developing a rigorous formulation of quantum field theory in curved spacetime.

|rowspan = "1"|{{Cite web

| title=Einstein Prize Recipient 2017: Robert M. Wald

| url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Wald&first_nm=Robert&year=2017

| access-date=2023-10-07 |website=www.aps.org |language=en}}

rowspan="1"|2019

| Abhay Ashtekar

|rowspan="1"|For numerous and seminal contributions to general relativity, including the theory of black holes, canonical quantum gravity, and quantum cosmology.

|rowspan="1"|{{Cite web

| title=Einstein Prize Recipient 2019: Abhay Ashtekar

| url=https://qrius.com/all-you-need-to-know-about-abhay-ashtekar-the-recipient-of-the-2018-einstein-prize/

| access-date=2023-10-07 |website=www.aps.org |language=en}}

rowspan="2"|2021

|Clifford Martin Will

|rowspan="2"|For outstanding contributions to observational tests of general relativity with theories of gravitational waves, astrophysical black holes, and neutron stars.

|rowspan="2"|{{Cite web

| title=Einstein Prize Recipient 2021: Clifford Martin Will

| url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Will&first_nm=Clifford&year=2021

| access-date=2023-10-07 |website=www.aps.org |language=en}}
{{Cite web

| title=Einstein Prize Recipient 2021: Saul Teukolsky

| url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Teukolsky&first_nm=Saul&year=2021

| access-date=2023-10-07 |website=www.aps.org |language=en}}

Saul Teukolsky

rowspan="1"|2023

| Gary T. Horowitz

|rowspan="1"|For fundamental contributions to classical gravity and gravitational aspects of string theory.

|rowspan="1"|{{Cite web

| title=Einstein Prize Recipient 2023: Gary T. Horowitz

| url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Horowitz&first_nm=Gary&year=2023

| access-date=2023-10-07 |website=www.aps.org |language=en}}

References

External links

[http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/einstein.cfm Einstein Prize], American Physical Society

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Category:Albert Einstein

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