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Einstein – Medal 2026
Die Albert-Einstein Medaille für das Jahr 2026 wird verliehen an
Prof. Peter Schneider,
Argelander-Institut für Astronomie der Universität Bonn
für seine grundlegenden Beiträge zu verschiedenen Aspekten des Gravitationslinseneffekts und dessen möglichen Beobachtungen.
Museums – Nacht BERN
20 März 2026 18:00 – 02:00
Einsteins Wunderjahr 1905 in Bern: Lichtquanten-Hypothese, Atom-Hypothese und Relativitätstheorie
Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Jürg Schacher, Physiker
Vortrag: 19:00 und 21:00 Uhr
Alle Vorträge finden im grossen Zunftsaal „Zunft zu Metzgern“, Kramgasse 45 (20 m unterhalb Einstein-Haus), statt. Beschilderung beachten. Einlass zu den Vorträgen 10 Minuten vor Vortragsbeginn und nur mit MuseumsNacht-Ticket (kein Verkauf daselbst).
Dauer ca. 25 Min.
15th October 2025 Award of the
Albert-Einstein-Medal 2025
to Prof. Robert Wald, Univ. of Chicago

Mathematics
Prof. Maryna Viazovska, EPF Lausanne, (Fields Medal 2022) gave 3 lectures on the topic ‘ Sphere Packings ‘
The sphere packing problem,
The sphere packing problem: The proof
Sphere packings in high dimensions and error correcting codes
Physics
Prof. Didier Queloz, Cambridge University (UK), ETH Zürich gave 3 lectures on the topic ‘Exoplanets’
Planets in Solar System Context,
The Exoplanet Revolution
Exoplanets and Life in the Universe
Philosophy
Prof. Philip Pettit, Princeton University, gave 3 lectures on the topic
‘The Social Nature of Our Mental
A social genealogy of human mind,
Consciousness and the capacity to reason
Responsibilty and the capacity to commit
Mathematics
Prof. Shafi Goldwasser, UC Berkeley (USA) , Director of Simons Institute for the
Theory of Computing gave three lectures:
The Cryptographic Lens,
Pseudo Deterministic Algorithms and Proofs
Safe Machine Learning
Physics
Prof. Barry C. Barish, Caltech (USA)
Linde Professor of Physics, emeritus
gave three lectures:
From Einstein to Gravitational Waves
Gravitational Waves: Detectors and Detection
Gravitational Waves and A Future New Science
Philosophy
Prof. Simon Blackburn, Cambridge, GB
Bertrand Russell Professor emer. gave three lectures:
Truth as an abstract concept
Truth and a pragmatic challenge
Truth in feeling
