Fundamental Physics Prize

Fundamental Physics Prize 

Fundamental Physics Prize has been given to Nine Physicist from across the globe.

The prizes were given to the physicists for their outstanding contribution to the field

of fundamental physics.

Winners:

· Prof. Ashoke Sen

· N J Nima

· Arkani-Hamed

· Juan Maldacena

· Nathan Seiberg

· Edward Witten

· Andrei Linde

· Alexei Kitaev

· Maxim Kontsevich

Prof. Ashok Sen, a theoretical Indian Physicist at Allahabad is

one among the nine winners of the first Yuri Milner Prize which

is worth $ 3 million, the biggest academic prize in the world in

terms of prized money. The prized money is around threefold as

compared to the Nobel Prize.

Prof. Sen has been recognized for his String Theory.

The String Theory describes all forces of nature,

incorporating the physics of gravity as well as Quantum field theory. Opening

the path to the realization that all string theories are different limits of the

same underlying theory.

What is The Fundamental Physics Prize (or Yuri Milner Prize or Russian

Nobel) ?

The Fundamental Physics Prize is awarded by the The Fundamental

Physics Prize Foundation (a non-for-profit organization)

Dedicated to awarding physicists involved in fundamental research

Founded in July 2012 by physicist and internet entrepreneur Yuri Milner.

This prize is the most lucrative academic prize in the world as of July 2012

It is 3 times bigger than the amount given to the Nobel awardees. The

monetary value exceeds that of the prestigious Nobel Prize, which last year

stood at slightly more than $1 million.

This prize is also dubbed by the media as 'Russian Nobel'.

This is world's biggest prize in physics as of July 2012.

Award Money: each award is worth $3 million.

Who is Yuri Milner?

Yuri Borisovich (Bentsionovich) Milner is a Russian

entrepreneur and venture capitalist.

He founded investment firms Digital Sky Technologies

(DST), now called Mail.ru Group and DST Global.

Via Mail.ru Group and DST Global, Milner is an investor in

Facebook, Zynga, Twitter, Spotify, ZocDoc, 360Buy.com

and Groupon.

quit his PhD in physics and made a billion dollars from

social networking and other investments has established

the most lucrative annual prize in the history of science.

Yuri Milner made his fortune from investments in Facebook, Twitter, Zynga

and Groupon.

He has launched a clutch of awards to recognize advances in the obscure

field of fundamental physics, which aims to understand the basic laws of

nature.

Why Fundamental Physics Prize?

As per Mr. Yuri Milner, when the Nobel prize is awarded for fundamental

physics, the recipients are often at the end of their careers or even worse as it

can take decades for theoretical advances to be proved right by experiments.

Yuri Milner Prize v/s Nobel Prize:

Unlike Nobel Prize, the Milner Prize can go to even younger researchers

because experimental verification of theoretical breakthroughs is not required.

Also unlike a Nobel prize, which can be shared by 3 scientists at most, the

Milner prize inflicts no such limit.

Award Money for each award is worth $3 million which exceeds that of the

prestigious Nobel Prize (last year slightly more than $1 million).

Anyone can nominate a winner online, and the selection panel is public, in

contrast to the secretive gathering and closed voting process that decides the

Nobel prizes each year.