Lichtenberg Medal

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The Lichtenberg Medal is the highest award of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences , which it donated in memory of the Göttingen scholar Georg Christoph Lichtenberg . It has been awarded annually since 2004 (every two years from 2015) "to particularly outstanding and publicly respected scientists". The winner receives a gold medal and a certificate.

The Academy selects the laureate upon suggestion from either the mathematical-physical or the philological-historical class. The right to propose changes between the two classes.

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Individual evidence

  1. Lt. Academy press release of May 17, 2019.