National Medal of Science for Physical Science

Award category

Winners:

Year Award Winner Notes/Description
  • 1963
  • For his inspiring leadership in experimental high energy physics, continuing development of the bubble chamber, discovery of many states of elementary particles, and his contributions to National defense.
  • 1964
  • For [his] profound work on the fundamental problems of quantum field theory, and for many contributions to and lucid expositions of nuclear physics and electrodynamics.
  • 1964
  • For outstanding contributions to our understanding of the origin and evolution of the solar system and the origin of life on Earth and for pioneering work in the application of isotopes to the determination of the temperatures of ancient oceans.
  • 1964
  • For an imaginative new approach to the synthesis of complex organic molecules and, especially, for [his] brilliant syntheses of strychnine, reserphine, lysergic acid, and chlorophyll.
  • 1965
  • For his brilliant contributions to the theory of electrical conductivity in solid materials, and especially those which led to the development of a successful theory of superconductivity.
  • 1965
  • For sustained contributions of major concepts of modern chemistry and especially for the application of physical methods to the understanding of large molecules and their interaction in solution.
  • 1965
  • For systematic studies of mesons, for his participation in the discovery of two kinds of neutrinos and of parity violation in the decay of mu-mesons.
  • 1965
  • For showing by profoundly original observations and clear physical reasoning how sand grains and mountains move and from whence the oceans come.
  • 1966
  • By watching and studying maps he discovered the cylone-making waves of the air and the climate-controlling changes of the sea.
  • 1966
  • For numerous superb contributions to stellar astronomy, physics, and applied mathematics, and for his guidance and inspiration to his many students and colleagues.
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