Abstract

HIS MAJESTY THE KING has approved of the following awards this year by the president and council of the Royal Society in respect of the two Royal medals: A Royal medal to Prof. J. E. Littlewood, for his work on mathematical analysis and the theory of prime numbers. A Royal medal to Prof. R. Muir, for his contributions to the science of immunology. The following awards have also been made by the president and council: The Copley medal to Prof. Max Planck, of the University of Berlin, for his contributions to theoretical physics, and especially as the originator of the quantum theory. The Davy medal to Prof. G. N. Lewis, of the University of California, for his contributions to classical thermodynamics and the theory of valency. The Hughes medal to Prof. Hans Geiger, of the University of Kiel, for his invention and development of methods of counting alpha and beta particles.

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