Yakir
Aharonov
Professor of Theoretical Physics and James J. Farley Professor of Natural Philosophy
Chapman University
2009
Physics
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.