- Comstock Prize in Physics
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The Comstock Prize in Physics is awarded by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences "for recent innovative discovery or investigation in electricity, magnetism, or radiant energy, broadly interpreted."
Honorees must be residents of North America. Named after Cyrus B. Comstock, it has been awarded about every five years since 1913.
List of Comstock Prize winners
- 2009: Charles L. Bennett
- 2004: John N. Bahcall
- 1999: John Clarke
- 1993: E. L. Hahn and Charles P. Slichter
- 1988: Paul C. W. Chu and Maw-Kuen Wu
- 1983: Theodor W. Hänsch and Peter P. Sorokin
- 1978: Raymond Davis, Jr.
- 1973: Robert H. Dicke
- 1968: Leon N Cooper and J. Robert Schrieffer
- 1963: C. S. Wu
- 1958: Charles H. Townes
- 1953: William Shockley
- 1948: Merle A.Tuve
- 1943: Donald W. Kerst
- 1938: Ernest O. Lawrence
- 1933: Percy W. Bridgman
- 1928: Clinton J. Davisson
- 1923: William Duane
- 1918: Samuel J. Barnett
- 1913: Robert A. Millikan
See also
- List of prizes
- Prizes named after people
External links
- Comstock Prize in Physics National Academy of Sciences web site
Categories:- Physics awards
- American awards
- Awards established in 1913
- United States National Academy of Sciences
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