Enrico Fermi Award

The Enrico Fermi Award is an award honoring scientists of international stature for their lifetime achievement in the development, use, or production of energy. It is administered by the U.S. government's Department of Energy. The recipient receives $50,000, a certificate signed by the President and the Secretary of Energy, and a gold medal featuring the likeness of Enrico Fermi.[1]

For the award given by the Italian Physical Society (Società Italiana di Fisica), see Enrico Fermi Prize.

Previous winners

Source: US Department of Energy

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gollark: Pretty much, yes.
gollark: Yes.
gollark: There's no *inherent* goodness/badness of acts. You can't just crash trolleys together in a particle collider and observe moralons coming out of it or something to determine what's good and bad.
gollark: Well, yes, current moral standards are "better" in a bunch of dimensions we like, but those are only "better" in the first place because current moral standards say so.

See also

References
  1. "The Enrico Fermi Award". US Department of Energy. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  2. "President Obama Names Scientists Mildred Dresselhaus and Burton Richter as the Enrico Fermi Award Winners". Energy.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
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