Rumford Prize

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award for heat and light physics award scientific award

The Rumford Prize is a prestigious scientific award given by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for outstanding contributions to the fields of heat and light, including related areas of physics.

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Rumford Prize canonical 12

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instanceOf award for heat and light ⓘ
physics award ⓘ
scientific award ⓘ
administeredBy American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
awardedFor outstanding contributions to related areas of physics ⓘ
outstanding contributions to the field of heat ⓘ
outstanding contributions to the field of light ⓘ
category science and engineering award ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
eligibility scientists making significant contributions in heat or light ⓘ
field optics ⓘ
physics ⓘ
thermodynamics ⓘ
firstAwarded 1796 ⓘ
firstRecipient Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford ⓘ
frequency irregular ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasType medal ⓘ
monetary award ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.amacad.org ⓘ
inception 1796 ⓘ
namedAfter Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford ⓘ
Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford ⓘ
surface form: Count Rumford
notableRecipient Barry C. Barish ⓘ
Charles Hard Townes ⓘ
surface form: Charles H. Townes

Claude Cohen-Tannoudji ⓘ
Enrico Fermi ⓘ
Hendrik Lorentz ⓘ
surface form: H. A. Lorentz

Lord Rayleigh ⓘ
surface form: John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh

Kip Thorne ⓘ
surface form: Kip S. Thorne

Nicolaas Bloembergen ⓘ
Rainer Weiss ⓘ
Steven Chu ⓘ
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ
Theodore H. Maiman ⓘ
Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Edison

William D. Phillips ⓘ
oneOfOldestScientificPrizesIn United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

the world ⓘ
presentedBy American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
relatedTo electromagnetic radiation ⓘ
energy transfer ⓘ
heat ⓘ
light ⓘ
sponsor American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
status active ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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Charles Hard Townes → awardReceived → Rumford Prize ⓘ
Albert A. Michelson → awardReceived → Rumford Prize ⓘ
Norman Ramsey → awardReceived → Rumford Prize ⓘ
Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford → founded → Rumford Prize ⓘ
Samuel Pierpont Langley → awardReceived → Rumford Prize ⓘ
Irving Langmuir → awardReceived → Rumford Prize ⓘ
Josiah Willard Gibbs → awardReceived → Rumford Prize ⓘ
Hale → awardReceived → Rumford Prize ⓘ
subject surface form: George Ellery Hale
Albert → awardReceived → Rumford Prize ⓘ
subject surface form: Albert A. Michelson
Theodore Lyman (scientist) → awardReceived → Rumford Prize ⓘ
subject surface form: Theodore Lyman
Rumford professorship at Harvard University → isRelatedTo → Rumford Prize ⓘ
Charles F. Brush → awardReceived → Rumford Prize ⓘ