The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Yakir Aharonov
Title:
Professor of Theoretical Physics and James J. Farley Professor of Natural Philosophy
Affiliation:
Chapman University
One University Drive
Orange,California 92866 USA
Gender:
Male
Award Discipline:
Physical Sciences
Award Year:
2009
Citation:
"For his contributions to the foundations of quantum physics and for drawing out unexpected implications of that field ranging from the Aharonov-Bohm effect to the theory of weak measurement."
Presented by President Barack H. Obama in the East Room of the White House on November 17, 2010.