Wolf Prize in Physics

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international award physics award science award

The Wolf Prize in Physics is a prestigious international award recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of physics, often regarded as second in importance only to the Nobel Prize in the discipline.

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international award → physics award → science award →
awardedBy	Wolf Foundation →
awardedFor	achievements in physics →
countryOfOrigin	Israel →
currencyOfMonetaryAward	US dollar →
eligibility	international → living scientists →
field	physics →
firstAwarded	1978 →
frequency	almost annually →
hasCategory	experimental physics → fundamental physics → theoretical physics →
hasLaureate	Alain Aspect → Alan Guth → Alexander Polyakov → Andrei Linde → Anton Zeilinger → Carlo Rubbia → Edward Witten → François Englert → John Bardeen → John F. Clauser → Murray Gell-Mann → Peter Higgs → Philip W. Anderson → Roger Penrose → Stephen Hawking → Steven Weinberg → Yakir Aharonov →
hasPart	diploma → medal → monetary award →
hasWebsite	https://wolffund.org.il →
inception	1978 →
isPartOf	Wolf Prize →
locationOfAwarding	Jerusalem →
motto	for the benefit of mankind →
namedAfter	Ricardo Wolf →
notableFor	prestige comparable to Nobel Prize in Physics →
presentedAt	Knesset →
presentedBy	President of Israel →
purpose	recognizing outstanding contributions to physics →
ranking	often regarded as second in importance to Nobel Prize in Physics →
relatedTo	Nobel Prize in Physics →
selectionCriteria	impact on physics → scientific excellence →
selectionProcess	international committee of experts →
sponsor	Wolf Foundation →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alain Aspect → Charles H. Bennett → Chien-Shiung Wu → Daniel Kleppner → Freeman Dyson → Freeman Dyson → Gerard ’t Hooft → Jacob Bekenstein → John Archibald Wheeler → Leon Lederman → Peter Higgs → Robert Brout → Roger Penrose → Stephen Hawking → Victor F. Weisskopf → Yakir Aharonov → Yoichiro Nambu →	awardReceived
Wolf Foundation →	award
Wolf Prize →	hasPart
Wolf Prize in Chemistry →	relatedAward