Leconte Prize

The Leconte Prize (French: Prix Leconte) is prize in physics, created in 1886 and currently awarded every four years by the French Academy of Sciences. Recipients, who may be of any nationality, must have either:

made a new and important discovery in physics; or
discovered a new application of physical science that gives much better results than those obtained to date.

The current value of the award (as of 2009) is €3000.

Recipients

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1910: Arthur Robert Hinks[1]
2004: Rémi Monasson
2008: Marie-Noëlle Bussac

References

Les prix thématiques en physique de l'Académie des sciences, French Academy of Sciences, retrieved 2009-11-20.

^ Smart, W. M. (1945), "Obituary: Arthur Robert Hinks", Observatory 66: 89–91.

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