2003 Albert Einstein Medal
On June 4, 2003, Professor George Smoot was awarded the Albert Einstein
Medal for 2003.
The Einstein Prize was presented by Professor Peter Fricker, President
of the Albert Einstein Society, at the University of Berne
on the day of the hundred year anniverary of the main University building.
The Einstein Medal was awarded to honor his outstanding scientific
achievements in pioneering work on Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)
radiation.
During the ceremony Dr. Smoot gave a talk entitled
Cosmological Relativity (viewgraphs)
also
PDF version of slides missing
annimation and about 33 mbytes.
The audio of the talk is 55 minutes
and 500kbytes long.
MP3 version 53 minutes and 25 MBytes.
A short clip or Prof Smoot being interviewed.
The Albert
Einstein Society (Gesellschaft)
organizes an annual public ceremony at the University
of Berne, Switzerland to honor a person who through outstanding
scientific achievements and cultural merit he Einstein medal.
A part of the festivities included a visit to the
Einstein Haus in Bern
where he lived from 1902 to 1905.
The last year is when Einstein published a glorius set of papers
including Brownian motion, the photoelectric effect, and Special Relativity.
A few photos were taken during the visit.
List of previous Einstein Medal Winners
Implications of COBE discovery of CMB
anisotropies.
PDF Article about COBE from the Encyclopedia
of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Laudatio
citation given with the Einstein Medal.
Profs. Fricker, Minkowski, and Smoot at the ceremony
Profs. Smoot and Minkowski with Einstein medal at the ceremony
Prof. Smoot at the ceremony
Prof. Fricker at the ceremony
Prof. Smoot at the ceremony
Prof. Smoot at the ceremony
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Prof. Smoot at the ceremony