Scientific prizes and awards / General

Lorentz Medal

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Description

The Lorentz Medal draws attention to groundbreaking research in theoretical physics.

The award was established in 1925 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Hendrik Antoon Lorentz’s doctorate. Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (1853-1928) was a member of the Academy. He was the founding father of theoretical physics in the Netherlands and won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1902.

Recipients

2010: E. Witten, United States