Composite Hubble Space Telescope Image. Meg Urry.
Composite Hubble Space Telescope Image. Meg Urry.
The electron density for nanowires of silicon. Ismail-Beigi .
The electron density for nanowires of silicon. Ismail-Beigi .
Atomic positions color coded with their relation to the wire. Ismail-Beigi.
Atomic positions color coded with their relation to the wire. Ismail-Beigi.
Composite image numerical solutions in two dielectric cavities. Stone.
Composite image numerical solutions in two dielectric cavities. Stone.

Leigh Page Prize Lectures

The Leigh Page Prize Lecture series are given each year by a distinguished physicist in honor of Leigh Page who received his PhD in Physics from Yale in 1913. He was later acting Chair and Director of the Sloane Physics Laboratory. Professor Page devoted his time to teaching (mostly graduate classes), research, and writing several textbooks. Since 1967, several speakers in the Leigh Page Prize Lecture series have later received Nobel Prizes and other and notable awards. In connection with the lecture series, a prize is offered to first year graduate students in recognition of their fine academic record and for the promise of important contributions to the field of physics.

 

Started in 1967

  • 2012 (April): Nima Arkani-Hamad, Institute for Advanced Study - Apr. 16, "The future of fundamental physics"; Apr. 17, "Why is there a macroscopic universe?"; and Apr. 18, "Space-time and quantum mechanics in the 21st century"
  • 2009 (September): John Mather, NASA - Sept. 28, "How did the Universe make people? A brief history of the Universe, from the beginning to the end"; Sept. 29, "Progress on the James Webb Space Telescope - Successor to the Hubble Space Telescope"; and Sept. 30, "Basic physics questions addressed by astrophysics" - Lecture Notes: Sept. 28 | Sept. 29 | Sept. 30
  • 2009 (April): Carlo Beenakker, Instituut-Lorentz for Theoretical Physics, Leiden University - "Mesoscopic Physics of Graphene": April 20, "What is Special about Graphene?"; Apr. 22, "Relativity Meets Superconductivity in Graphene"; and Apr. 24, "Majorana Fermions in Graphene and Topological Insulators"
  • 2007: Roger Blandford, Kavli Institute of Partical Astrophysics and Cosmology - Apr. 25, "The High Energy Universe"; Apr. 26, "Introducing GLAST (Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope)"; and Apr. 27, "On the Origin of Cosmic Rays"
  • 2006: Michael Peskin, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center - April 5, "Dark Matter: What is it? Where is it? Can we make it in the Lab?"; Apr. 6, "Supersymmetry: The Next Spectroscopy?"; and Apr. 7, "The Quantitative Analysis of Invisible Particles"
  • 2005: Alan H. Guth, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Apr. 12, "Cosmic Inflation and the Accelerating Universe";  Apr. 14, "Eternal Inflation";  and Apr. 15, "Time Travel and Cosmic Strings: a Playground for Theoretical Physicists"
  • 2004: Kathryn Moler, Stanford University - Apr. 12, "Quantum Mechanics of Nanostructures"; Apr. 14, "Superconductivity"; and Apr. 16, "Spin-Charge Separation"
  • 2003: R.G. Hamish Robertson, University of Washington - Apr. 14, "A Place for the Sun in the Neutrino"; Apr. 16, "If they have mass, why can't you tell me what it is?"; and Apr. 17, "Neutrinos: The Road Ahead"
  • 2002: Saul Perlmutter, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory - Mar. 26, "Supernovae, Dark Energy, and the Accelerating Universe"; Mar. 27, "Dark Energy Challenges the Physicists"; and Mar. 29, "Studying Dark Energy with "Supernovae (The part of the story that always gets left out of departmental colloquia)" "
  • 2000: Jan Jolie, Universität Köln - Nov. 6, "The atomic nucleus: quantum mechanics at work"; Nov. 9, "Symmetries, more than a tool"; and Nov. 10, "Attacking complexity with supersymmetry"
  • 1998: David Gross, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UCSB
  • 1997: Hörst Störmer, Bell Labs
  • 1995: David T. Wilkinson, Princeton University
  • 1994: Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Collège de France
  • 1992: Eric Adelberger, University of Washington
  • 1991: Norman Ramsey, Harvard University
  • 1990: Jack Steinberger, Columbia University
  • 1989: Lev B. Okun, Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Russia
  • 1988 (Fall): Klaus von Klitzing, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Physics, Stuttgart, Germany
  • 1988 (Spring): Hans Dehmelt, University of Washington
  • 1987: John Schwarz, California Institute of Technology
  • 1986: Arthur C. Gossard, University of California, Santa Barbara
  • 1985 (December): Arthur Schawlow, Stanford University
  • 1985 (April): Mitchell Feigenbaum, Rockefeller University
  • 1983: Carlo Rubbia, CERN
  • 1982: Willis E. Lamb, Jr., University of Arizona
  • 1981: Gerard ‘t Hooft, Utrecht
  • 1980: Valentine Telegdi, CERN
  • 1976: Louis Michel
  • 1975: William A. Fowler
  • 1974: William M. Fairbank
  • 1973: Edward M. Purcell
  • 1971: Eugene P. Wigner
  • 1970: Anatole Abragam
  • 1968: Robert H. Dicke
  • 1967: Murray Gell-Mann