On 19 April, 16 individuals are being recognized by the National Academy of Sciences for their achievements in science. They, including the following seven scientists who work in physics or a related field, are receiving their awards in a ceremony during the academy’s annual meeting in Washington, DC.
Klaus Wyrtki receives the Alexander Agassiz Medal, which NAS awards every three years. Professor emeritus in the department of oceanography at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu, Wyrtki is cited for his “fundamental contributions to the understanding of the oceanic general circulation of abyssal and thermocline waters and for providing the intellectual underpinning of our understanding of ENSO (El Niño).” He takes away a medal and a cash prize of $15 000.
The Comstock Prize in Physics, awarded approximately every five years and worth $20 000, is going to John N. Bahcall, Richard Black Professor of Natural Science at the Institute...
