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Oersted Medal

Oersted Medal

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For the medal awarded by the Danish Society for the Dissemination of Natural Science, see H. C. Ørsted Medal.

The Oersted Medal recognizes notable contributions to the teaching of physics. Established in 1936, it is awarded by the American Association of Physics Teachers. The award is named for Hans Christian Ørsted. It is the Association's most prestigious award.

Hans Christian Ørsted

Well-known recipients include Nobel laureates Robert Andrews Millikan, Edward M. Purcell, Richard Feynman, Isidor I. Rabi, Norman F. Ramsey, Hans Bethe, and Carl Wieman; as well as Arnold Sommerfeld, George Uhlenbeck, Jerrold Zacharias, Philip Morrison, Melba Phillips, Victor Weisskopf, Gerald Holton, John A. Wheeler, Frank Oppenheimer, Robert Resnick, Carl Sagan, Freeman Dyson, Daniel Kleppner, and Lawrence Krauss, and Anthony French, David Hestenes, Robert Karplus, Robert Pohl, and Francis Sears.

The 2008 medalist, Mildred S. Dresselhaus, is the third woman to win the award in its 70-plus-year history.

Medalists[1]

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References

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    "List of Oersted Medalists on AAPT.org". Retrieved 12 February 2016.
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    "Gay-Stewart-to-Receive-AAPT-2019-Oersted-Medal".
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    "2024 Oersted Medal Winner is Laura H. Greene".
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