1988-
México, D.F.
México
Palacio de Bellas Artes
INSTITUTO
POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL
In
1988 the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City and the National
Polytechnic Institute acted as host to the World Cultural Council,
Prof. Margaret Burbidge, was selected as the recipient
of the “Albert Einstein” World Award in recognition
to her fundamental contributions to several areas of astrophysics,
namely: the stellar composition of stars, spectroscopy of normal
galaxies, properties, rotations, and masses of stars and the physical
properties, energy sources and radiation mechanisms of quasars.
Prof. Burbidge is widely acknowledged for her work on the theory
of quasars.
The
“José Vasconcelos” World Award of Education
was delivered to Prof. Gilbert De
Landsheere in recognition to his 40 year fight to upgrade
teacher education for all levels
of instruction. His continuous effort to develop European empirical
education research in
order to influence the whole art of teaching is also quite notable.
