Additional Awards

The Simon Prize

History

The Low temperature Group of The Physical Society, which owed so much to Sir Francis Simon, established this award in 1958 in his memory. The award is made by the committee of the Low Temperature Group of the Institute.

Terms

The award shall be made approximately every three years for distinguished work in experimental or theoretical low temperature physics. The prize is £300 and is accompanied by a certificate and a bronze plaque.

Previous Medallists

2004     Grigory Volovik

2001     Giorgio Frossati

1998      George R Pickett and Anthony M Guénault

1995      Alexander F Andreev

1992      Olivier Avenel and Eric Varoquaux

1989      Richard A Webb

1986      Yuri V Sharvin

1983      David Olaf Edwards

1981      Anthony James Leggett

1976      David Morris Lee and Douglas Dean Osheroff and Robert Coleman Richardson

1973      Peter Kapitza

1970      Walther Meissner

1968      Kurt Alfred Georg Mendelssohn

1965      John Charles Wheatley

1963      Henry Edgar Hall and William Frank Vinen

1961      I M Lifschitz

1959      H London

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