Albert Einstein Medal
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The Albert Einstein Medal is a prestigious scientific award honoring outstanding contributions to physics and related fields in the spirit of Albert Einstein’s work.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Albert Einstein Medal canonical | 22 |
| Einstein Medal | 4 |
| Albert-Einstein-Medaille | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T259595 — 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: Albert Einstein Medal Context triple: [Murray Gell-Mann, awardReceived, Albert Einstein Medal]
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A.
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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B.
Noether Medal
The Noether Medal is an academic award named in honor of pioneering mathematician Emmy Noether, recognizing outstanding contributions in mathematics.
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C.
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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Franklin Medal
The Franklin Medal is a prestigious science and engineering award presented by the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia to honor outstanding achievements in scientific and technological research.
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E.
Sylvester Medal
The Sylvester Medal is a prestigious mathematics award presented by the Royal Society in recognition of outstanding contributions to the field.
- 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: Albert Einstein Medal Target entity description: The Albert Einstein Medal is a prestigious scientific award honoring outstanding contributions to physics and related fields in the spirit of Albert Einstein’s work.
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A.
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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B.
Noether Medal
The Noether Medal is an academic award named in honor of pioneering mathematician Emmy Noether, recognizing outstanding contributions in mathematics.
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C.
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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D.
Franklin Medal
The Franklin Medal is a prestigious science and engineering award presented by the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia to honor outstanding achievements in scientific and technological research.
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E.
Sylvester Medal
The Sylvester Medal is a prestigious mathematics award presented by the Royal Society in recognition of outstanding contributions to the field.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
physics award
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scientific award ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Albert Einstein House, Bern ⓘ |
| awardedFor |
outstanding contributions to physics and related fields
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work in the spirit of Albert Einstein ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| field |
mathematics
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natural sciences ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | 1979 ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | academic award ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | German ⓘ |
| hasOfficialName |
Albert Einstein Medal
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Albert-Einstein-Medaille
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| hasRecipient |
Alain Aspect
ⓘ
Alexei Starobinsky ⓘ Anton Zeilinger ⓘ Barry C. Barish ⓘ Didier Queloz ⓘ Edward Witten ⓘ George F. Smoot ⓘ Gerard ’t Hooft ⓘ
surface form:
Gérard ’t Hooft
John Archibald Wheeler ⓘ Kip Thorne ⓘ
surface form:
Kip S. Thorne
LIGO Scientific Collaboration ⓘ Martin Rees ⓘ Michel Mayor ⓘ Murray Gell-Mann ⓘ Planck spacecraft ⓘ
surface form:
Planck Collaboration
Rainer Weiss ⓘ Roger Penrose ⓘ Stephen Hawking ⓘ Thibault Damour ⓘ Vera Rubin ⓘ Virgo Collaboration ⓘ Yakir Aharonov ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.einstein-bern.ch ⓘ |
| inception | 1979 ⓘ |
| locationOfOrganization | Bern ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Albert Einstein ⓘ |
| namedInLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
recognizing major advances in astrophysics
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recognizing major advances in cosmology ⓘ recognizing major advances in theoretical physics ⓘ |
| presentedBy |
Albert Einstein Society
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Albert Einstein Society ⓘ
surface form:
Albert Einstein-Gesellschaft
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| purpose | to honor outstanding scientific work related to Albert Einstein ⓘ |
| sponsor | Albert Einstein Society, Bern ⓘ |
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Subject: Albert Einstein Medal Description of subject: The Albert Einstein Medal is a prestigious scientific award honoring outstanding contributions to physics and related fields in the spirit of Albert Einstein’s work.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Albert-Einstein-Medaille
this entity surface form:
Einstein Medal
this entity surface form:
Einstein Medal
this entity surface form:
Einstein Medal
subject surface form:
Edward Witten
subject surface form:
Kip Thorne
this entity surface form:
Einstein Medal