Printed from: PhysLink.com; https://www.physlink.com/news/Index.cfm?ID=802 Original publication date: Monday September 23, 2013. French Physicist Receives Half-Milion Pound Prize
The names of the 2013 Balzan Prizewinners were proclaimed today in a public announcement: Alain Aspect (France), École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, for Quantum Information Processing and Communication
André Vauchez (France), Université de Paris Ouest Nanterre, for Medieval History
Luciano Maiani (Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University La Sapienza, Rome; Fellow of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome, and of the Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL, Rome) read the citation for the assignment of the Prize for Quantum Information Processing and Communication to Alain Aspect:
Karlheinz Stierle (Professor Emeritus of Romance Literature at the University of Constance; Member of the Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften; Foreign Fellow of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome) read the citation for the assignment of the Prize for Medieval History to André Vauchez:
Dominique Schnapper (Research Director at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris; Honorary Member of the French Conseil Constitutionnel) read the citation for the assignment of the Prize for Sociology to Manuel Castells:
Peter Suter (Honorary Professor of Medicine at the University of Geneva; Vice-President of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences) read the citation for the assignment of the Prize for Infectious diseases: basic and clinical aspects to Pascale Cossart:
The amount of each of the four 2014 Balzan Prizes will be 750,000 Swiss Francs (approx. EUR 610,000; USD 800,000; GBP 515,000). In 2014 will be awarded the Prize for Humanity, Peace and Fraternity Among Peoples, with an amount of 1,000,000 Swiss Francs.
The award fields vary each year and can be related to either a specific or an interdisciplinary field, and look to go beyond the traditional subjects both in the humanities (literature, the moral sciences and the arts) and in the sciences (medicine and the physical, mathematical and natural sciences), so as to give priority to innovative research. The public announcement, under the auspices of the City of Milan, was followed by a lecture by Quentin Skinner, 2006 Balzan Prizewinner for Political Thought (History and Theory), entitled 'How should we think about freedom?'. The International Balzan Foundation, founded in 1957, operates through two separate institutions. The International Balzan Foundation - 'Prize' (chaired in Milan by Ambassador Bruno Bottai) selects the subjects to be awarded and the candidates through its General Prize Committee. The Balzan Foundation 'Fund' (chaired in Zurich by Achille Casanova) administers the estate left by Eugenio Balzan, so as to place at the disposal of the International Balzan Foundation 'Prize' the necessary financial means to realize its objective. News Story Origin and Copyright: Balzan : http://www.balzan.org Original news release: http://www.balzan.org/en/press-releases/news-detail/the-balzan-prizewinners-2013 For more physics & astronomy stories like this one, go to: physlink.com |