Prize from University of Cambridge in mathematics and theoretical physics
"Smith Prize" redirects here. For the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts award, see
Mary Smith Prize.
Smith's Prize was the name of each of two prizes awarded annually to two research students in mathematics and theoretical physics at the University of Cambridge from 1769.[1] Following the reorganization in 1998, they are now awarded under the names Smith-Knight Prize and Rayleigh-Knight Prize.
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