Karl Schwarzschild Medal
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The Karl Schwarzschild Medal, named after the astrophysicist Karl Schwarzschild, is an award presented by the Astronomische Gesellschaft (German Astronomical Society) to eminent astronomers and astrophysicists.[1]
[edit] Recipients
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2008 | Rashid Sunyaev |
| 2007 | Rudolf Kippenhahn |
| 2005 | Gustav Andreas Tammann |
| 2004 | Riccardo Giacconi |
| 2003 | Erika Boehm-Vitense |
| 2002 | Charles H. Townes |
| 2001 | Keiichi Kodaira |
| 2000 | Roger Penrose |
| 1999 | Jeremiah P. Ostriker |
| 1998 | Peter A. Strittmatter |
| 1997 | Joseph H. Taylor |
| 1996 | Kip Thorne |
| 1995 | Hendrik C. van de Hulst |
| 1994 | Joachim Trümper |
| 1993 | Raymond Wilson |
| 1992 | Fred Hoyle |
| 1990 | Eugene N. Parker |
| 1989 | Martin J. Rees |
| 1987 | Lodewijk Woltjer |
| 1986 | Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar |
| 1985 | Edwin E. Salpeter |
| 1984 | Daniel M. Popper |
| 1983 | Donald Lynden-Bell |
| 1982 | Jean Delhaye |
| 1981 | Bohdan Paczynski |
| 1980 | Ludwig Biermann |
| 1978 | George B. Field |
| 1977 | Wilhelm Becker |
| 1975 | Lyman Spitzer |
| 1974 | Cornelis de Jager |
| 1972 | Jan H. Oort |
| 1971 | Antony Hewish |
| 1969 | Bengt Strömgren |
| 1968 | Maarten Schmidt |
| 1963 | Charles Fehrenbach |
| 1959 | Martin Schwarzschild |
[edit] References
- ^ "Recipients of the Karl Schwarzschild Medal". http://www.astronomische-gesellschaft.org/Auszeichnungen/Schwarzschild_eng.html. Retrieved on 2008-09-24.
