Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize
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The Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize is a prestigious American Physical Society award recognizing outstanding contributions to physics by a single individual.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize canonical | 1 |
| Lilienfeld Prize | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T66047 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize Context triple: [APS Prizes and Awards, notableExample, Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize]
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A.
Helmholtz Medal
The Helmholtz Medal is a prestigious scientific award presented by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities in recognition of outstanding contributions to research.
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B.
Max Planck Medal
The Max Planck Medal is the highest award of the German Physical Society, honoring outstanding achievements in theoretical physics.
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C.
Albert Einstein Award
The Albert Einstein Award is a prestigious scientific honor recognizing outstanding contributions to theoretical physics and fundamental scientific research.
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D.
Hans A. Bethe Prize
The Hans A. Bethe Prize is an American Physical Society award recognizing outstanding work in astrophysics, nuclear physics, or related fields, honoring the legacy of physicist Hans Bethe.
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E.
Hoover Medal
The Hoover Medal is an American engineering award that honors outstanding civic and humanitarian service by engineers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize Target entity description: The Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize is a prestigious American Physical Society award recognizing outstanding contributions to physics by a single individual.
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A.
Helmholtz Medal
The Helmholtz Medal is a prestigious scientific award presented by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities in recognition of outstanding contributions to research.
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B.
Max Planck Medal
The Max Planck Medal is the highest award of the German Physical Society, honoring outstanding achievements in theoretical physics.
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C.
Albert Einstein Award
The Albert Einstein Award is a prestigious scientific honor recognizing outstanding contributions to theoretical physics and fundamental scientific research.
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D.
Hans A. Bethe Prize
The Hans A. Bethe Prize is an American Physical Society award recognizing outstanding work in astrophysics, nuclear physics, or related fields, honoring the legacy of physicist Hans Bethe.
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E.
Hoover Medal
The Hoover Medal is an American engineering award that honors outstanding civic and humanitarian service by engineers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Physical Society prize
ⓘ
physics award ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
APS Prizes and Awards
ⓘ
surface form:
APS Prizes and Awards Committee
|
| awardedBy | American Physical Society ⓘ |
| awardFor | outstanding contributions to physics ⓘ |
| awardingBodyAbbreviation | APS ⓘ |
| category | science and technology award ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| discipline | physical sciences ⓘ |
| eligibility | individual physicists ⓘ |
| field | physics ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| honours | contributions to theoretical and experimental physics ⓘ |
| inception | 1988 ⓘ |
| includes |
citation
ⓘ
invited lectures ⓘ monetary prize ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| monetaryAward | yes ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Julius Edgar Lilienfeld ⓘ |
| notableRecipient |
Edward Witten
ⓘ
Frank Wilczek ⓘ Stephen Hawking ⓘ |
| organizationTypeOfAwardingBody | scientific society ⓘ |
| purpose | to recognize outstanding contributions to physics ⓘ |
| scope | international ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | committee selection ⓘ |
| sponsor | American Physical Society ⓘ |
| status | active ⓘ |
| website | https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/lilienfeld.cfm ⓘ |
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Subject: Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize Description of subject: The Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize is a prestigious American Physical Society award recognizing outstanding contributions to physics by a single individual.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lilienfeld Prize