Honors and Awards
The honors and awards that Professor Weinberg received include:
- Honorary Doctor of Science degrees from a dozen institutions: University of Chicago, Knox College, University of Rochester, Yale University, City University of New York, Dartmouth College, Weizmann Institute, Clark University, Washington College, Columbia University, Bates College.
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences, elected 1968
- National Academy of Sciences, elected 1972
- J. R. Oppenheimer Prize, 1973
- Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics, 1977
- Steel Foundation Science Writing Award, 1977, for authorship of The First Three Minutes (1977)
- Elliott Cresson Medal (Franklin Institute), 1979
- Nobel Prize in Physics, 1979
- Elected to American Philosophical Society, Royal Society of London (Foreign Honorary Member), Philosophical Society of Texas
- James Madison Medal of Princeton University, 1991
- National Medal of Science, 1991
- Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science, 1999.
- 2002 Humanist of the Year, American Humanist Association
- Benjamin Franklin Medal for Distinguished Achievement in the Sciences, American Philosophical Society, 2004
- James Joyce Award, University College Dublin, 2009
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